backbiter

2 definitions found

backbiter - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Backbiter \Back"bit`er\, n.
     One who backbites; a secret calumniator or detractor.
     [1913 Webster]

backbiter - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  backbiter
      n 1: one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or
           libel [syn: defamer, maligner, slanderer, vilifier,
           libeler, backbiter, traducer]