maligner

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Indignant at such an aspersion, he wrote a letter, directed to his maligners, vindicating himself sharply from it, which he showed to his grandfather, John Skinner of Langside, for his approval.

From Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character by Ramsay, Edward Bannerman

Yet have my maligners carried their uncharitable censures still farther.

From The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1 by Scott, Walter, Sir

But as it was nearly dark, and rain was falling, the craven maligners kept indoors, and would not be caught.

From The Cock-House at Fellsgarth by Reed, Talbot Baines

He was then the idol of popular favour; he was now the unpopular victim of insidious maligners.

From The Life of Columbus by Helps, Arthur, Sir

I speak not now of my systematic and most unprovoked maligners.

From Selected English Letters (XV - XIX Centuries) by Wragg, H.