defamer

[Eng. def am(e); -er.] One who defames another; a slanderer, a libeler, a calumni at or. "It may be a useful trial for the patience of the defamed, yet the defamer has not the le crime."-Government of the Tongue. dě-fām-ing, pr. par., a. & s. [DEFAME, v.] A. & B. As pr. par. & particip. adj.: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The act of uttering defamatory words; defamation. "I heard the defaming of many."- Jer . xx. 10. †dě-fam-ing-ly, adv . [Eng. defaming; -ly] In a defamatory or slanderous manner. *de-fam-ous, a. [From defame , v., on the analogy of infamous (q.v.).] Defamatory, slanderous. there was a knighte that spake defamous words of him." Holinshed , vol. ii., K k 1.