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Backbiter

noun
1.
One who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel.  Synonyms: defamer, libeler, maligner, slanderer, traducer, vilifier.






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"Backbiter" Quotes from Famous Books



... is also so wise that it is said he is tyrlearned who is wise. Bragi is famous for wisdom, and best in tongue-wit, and cunning speech, and song-craft. 'And many other are there, good and great; and one, Loki, fair of face, ill in temper and fickle of mood, is called the backbiter of the Asa, and speaker of evil redes and shame of all gods and men; he has above all that craft called sleight, and cheats all in all things. Among the children of Loki are Fenris-wolf and Midgards-worm; the second lies about all the world in the deep sea, holding his tail in ...
— The Story of the Volsungs, (Volsunga Saga) - With Excerpts from the Poetic Edda • Anonymous



Words linked to "Backbiter" :   knocker, depreciator, detractor, backbite, maligner, disparager



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