Definition
calumniator
noun
- a person who makes false and damaging statements about another person; a slanderer
Usage: formal or literary; often used in legal or moral contexts
Examples
- The calumniator spread vicious lies about the candidate's past.
- She sued the calumniator for damaging her professional reputation.
- A calumniator relies on exaggeration and falsehood to harm others.
- The newspaper identified the calumniator behind the anonymous attacks.
- He was known as a calumniator who destroyed reputations with baseless accusations.