maligner

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Rev. Mr. Sanborn of the Universalist church replied to him the next Sunday evening, an immense audience being in attendance, and completely disproved the baseless allegations of the reverend maligner, to the satisfaction of all.

From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady

Slowly they turned their heads to look at the fence, upon the other side of which stood the maligner of their eyes.

From Gentle Julia by Gilbert, C. Allan

Submitting to the inevitable, they have shown fortitude and dignity, and rarely has one been found base enough to take wages of shame from the oppressor and maligner of his brethren.

From Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War by Taylor, Richard

But all the assertions of this paid maligner sink into insignificance compared with what follows.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844 by Various

The author of the Suite de Merlin seems to have been her first maligner.

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 by Saintsbury, George