slanderer

Variant of slander

slander definition

slan·der (slan′dər)

noun

  1. the utterance in the presence of another person of a false statement or statements, damaging to a third person's character or reputation: usually distinguished from libel, which is written
  2. such a spoken statement

Etymology: ME sclaunder < Anglo-Fr esclaundre (OFr esclandre, escandle) < LL(Ec) scandalum: see scandal

transitive verb

to utter a slander about

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