Definitions for backbiter

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

back•biteˈbækˌbaɪt(v.)-bit, -bit•ten; -bit; -bit•ing.

  1. (v.t.)to attack the character or reputation of (a person not present).

  2. (v.i.)to slander an absent person.

Origin of backbite:

1125–75

back′bit`er(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. defamer, maligner, slanderer, vilifier, libeler, backbiter, traducer(noun)

    one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel

Wiktionary

  1. backbiter(Noun)

    person who says nasty things about another person behind the second person's back: that is, out of sight and hearing of the second person.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Backbiter(noun)

    one who backbites; a secret calumniator or detractor

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz

  1. BACKBITER

    A mosquito.


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