defamer

Example Sentences

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“The law allows a woman to hold a liar and defamer accountable.”

From New York Times • Nov. 4, 2019

Blaine “threw his shining lance full and fair against the brazen forehead of every defamer of his country.”

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2014

Said Mr. Saklatvala: If I got to the United States, I would prove Secretary Kellogg a liar and a defamer in ten minutes.

From Time Magazine Archive

And, since justice to the person defamed requires retraction or other reparation, the defamer must recall his words before the persons to whom he addressed them.

From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Callan, Charles Jerome

The brother appeared the next day to take the law of the defamer, but the gentleman, being of the risau description, had absconded, and was not to be found.

From The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants by Marsden, William