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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible; "only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw the bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!"; "the British call a contemptible person a `git'" [syn: rotter, dirty dog, rat, skunk, stinker, stinkpot, bum, puke, crumb, lowlife, scum bag, so-and-so, git]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1893 a thoroughly objectionable person

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. esp. Brit. sl. an objectionable, unpleasant, or reprehensible person. Etymology: ROT

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(rotters) If you call someone a rotter, you are criticizing them because you think that they have behaved in a very unkind or mean way. (BRIT INFORMAL, OLD-FASHIONED) N-COUNT [disapproval]