libeler

[ lahy-buh-ler ]

noun

1. a person who libels; a person who publishes a libel assailing another.

Word History and Origins

Origin of libeler¹

First recorded in 1580–90; libel + -er ¹

Example Sentences

We read our Nordau and with but the very slightest ability to judge what he says we declare him a libeler.

From Project Gutenberg

Your witnesses are merely the repeaters of the false- hoods of James Cheetham, the convicted libeler.

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On his forehead the letters S L—seditious libeler—were branded deep, though not so deep as the bitterness burned into his soul.

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The reviewer also was naturally dissatisfied with a decision which left upon him the stigma of a libeler.

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It was insignificance or remoteness alone that protected the libeler.

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