calumniator

Example Sentences

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Hot-blooded, he called his assailant "a veritable calumniator ... an infantile mind."

From Time Magazine Archive

One who backbites; a secret calumniator or detractor.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

Yet he who falsely charges another with a crime is not a calumniator unless he gives utterance to false accusations out of malice.

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

The word Devil is from the Greek for an accuser, or calumniator.

From The Church Handy Dictionary by Anonymous

The fact is that the calumniator slanders because he thinks his abilities have not been properly recognized by the husband and he has been repulsed by the wife.

From Dramatic Technique by Baker, George Pierce