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de·tracter
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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Detracternoun
One that takes away another’s reputation; one that impairs the honour of another injuriously.
Etymology: from detract.
I am right glad to be thus satisfied by you, in that I have often heard it questioned, and yet was never able till now to choke the mouth of such detracters with the certain knowledge of their slanderous untruths. Edmund Spenser, on Ireland.
Whether we are so intirely sure of their loyalty upon the present foot of government as you may imagine, their detracters make a question. Jonathan Swift.
Away the fair detracters went,
And gave by turns their censures vent. Jonathan Swift.
Webster Dictionary
Detracternoun
one who detracts; a detractor
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retracted
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of detracter in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of detracter in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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