libeller en · NOUN
Etymology
From libel + -er.
Meanings
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One who libels.
He always contrived to sit next the door, to which he paid more attention than to his hearer; his eye always wandering to it as if he meditated an escape, and yet this man was the most audacious libeller of his time.
1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Publishing”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 12:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| libellers | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| libeler | alternative | lexicographic |
Translations (2)
bg клеветник (one who libels) · fr diffamateur (one who libels)