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Webster 1913 Edition


Backbiter

Back′bitˊer

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Noun.
One who backbites; a secret calumniator or detractor.

Webster 1828 Edition


Backbiter

BACK'BITER

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Noun.
One who slanders, calumniates or speaks ill of the absent.

Definition 2024


backbiter

backbiter

See also: back biter

English

Noun

backbiter (plural backbiters)

  1. 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.

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