In 7 also -er, -our. [a. L. calumniātor, n. of agent f. calumniāri; see CALUMNIATE and -OR. Cf. 16th-c. F. calomniateur.] One who calumniates; a slanderer.
1549. Compl. Scot., iv. 31. The peruerst opinions of inuyful calumniaturis ande of secret detrackers.
a. 1563. Becon, New Catech., IV. (1844), 185. Satan … is called ‘the tempter,’ ‘the calumniator or quarrel-picker,’ and ‘the accuser of the brethren.’
1663. Cowley, Verses & Ess. (1669), 85. The Calumniators of Epicurus his Philosophy.
1849. Macaulay, Hist. Eng., II. 148. To appoint, as his successor, his rival and calumniator, Tyrconnel.
