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Hot-blooded, he called his assailant "a veritable calumniator ... an infantile mind."

From Time Magazine Archive

"My word, lass," replied Mrs. Anderson, bridling up, with flushed countenance, and head erect, to the calumniator, "but ye're no blate to ca' me thae names i' my ain house."

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume III by Various

With a deep oath, Herrera half drew his sword, and made a step towards the calumniator of his mistress.

From Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846 by Various

To the calumniator I wish you to say the following: If you can praise your neighbours, my ears are open to receive your perfume.

From Fraternal Charity by Valuy, Benôit

That action is by Procopius attributed to his rival A�tius, but the earliest authorities speak of a certain Felix, chief minister of Placidia, as the calumniator of Bonifacius.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various