detractor

(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:02:13

De*trac"tor (?), n. [L.: cf. F. détracteur.]

One who detracts; a derogator; a defamer.

His detractors were noisy and scurrilous. Macaulay.

Syn. -- Slanderer; calumniator; defamer; vilifier.

 

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