backbiter

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Grey-haired, lethargic, Temugin is the easy victim of an adroit harem intrigue, and of a backbiter who convinces overlord Ung that his satellite is a traitorous rival deserving death.

From Time Magazine Archive

“It’s my fault, Mama. I did a really mean thing to Emily, and I’m a backbiter, and I’m going to be punished...”

From "Amina's Voice" by Hena Khan

Would the slanderer, or backbiter, or hypocrite, indulge their habits if they realized this truth? 

From The Wesleyan Methodist Pulpit in Malvern Sermons Preached at the Opening Services of the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, in 1866 by King, Knowles

Every one has his opportunity, and this robs the plotter and backbiter of his venom.

From Socialism and Democracy in Europe by Orth, Samuel P.

But the curser causes evil by commanding it, whereas the backbiter merely signifies an evil already existing.

From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint