What is one who detracts; a derogator; a defamer. His detractors were noisy and scurrilous. Macaulay called?
detractor — One who detracts; a derogator; a defamer. His detractors were noisy and scurrilous. Macaulay. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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