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

No doubt, Sir, no doubt.—I defy any man in the ship to say that I am a backbiter, even against my wife, with whom I have a sort of lawful right to deal candidly.

From The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas by Cooper, James Fenimore

To be no truce-breaker, nor talebearer nor backbiter.

From The story of Burnt Njal From the Icelandic of the Njals Saga by Dasent, George Webbe

There is yet one who is numbered among the asas, but whom some call the backbiter of the asas.

From The Younger Edda Also called Snorre's Edda, or The Prose Edda by Anderson, Rasmus Björn