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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BACK'BITER, n. One who slanders, calumniates or speaks ill of the absent.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel [syn: defamer, maligner, slanderer, vilifier, libeler, backbiter, traducer]

Merriam Webster's

noun see backbite

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Backbiter Back"bit`er, n. One who backbites; a secret calumniator or detractor.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Slanderer, defamer, traducer, calumniator, libeller, maligner, reviler, vilifier, detractor.

Foolish Dictionary

A mosquito.





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