Libeler

li·bel  (lbl)

n.

1.

a. A false publication, as in writing, print, signs, or pictures, that damages a person's reputation.

b. The act of presenting such material to the public.

2. The written claims presented by a plaintiff in an action at admiralty law or to an ecclesiastical court.

tr.v. li·beled or li·belled, li·bel·ing or li·bel·ling, li·bels

To publish a libel about (a person). See Synonyms at malign.

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[Middle English, litigant's written complaint, from Old French, from Latin libellus, diminutive of liber, book.]

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libel·er, libel·ist n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

libeler - one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel backbiter, defamer, maligner, slanderer, traducer, vilifier depreciator, detractor, disparager, knocker - one who disparages or belittles the worth of something