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libeller|ˈlaɪbələ(r)|
Also 7 libellour.
[f. libel v. + -er1.]
One who libels another; one who publishes a libel or libels.
1589Cooper (title) An Admonition to the People of England: wherein are answered..the slaunderous vntruethes vttered by Martin [Marprelate] the Libeller. 1626Massinger Rom. Actor i. iii, In thee, as being the chiefe of thy profession, I doe accuse the qualitie of treason, As libellers against the state and Cæsar. 1634Peacham Gentl. Exerc. i. iii. 9 To buy it [pleasure]..with losse..of his eares for a libeller. 1642Milton Apol. Smect. Wks. 1851 III. 285 If he hop't the Prelats had no intelligence with the libellours. 1709Tatler No. 88 ⁋7 The Squibs are those who in the common Phrase of the World are call'd Libellers, Lampooners and Pamphleteers. 1742Ld. Hardwicke in Atkyns' Rep. (1794) III. 479 All the libellers of the kingdom know now, that printing initial letters will not serve their turn. 1820Byron Mar. Fal. ii. i. 240 Oh! had this false and flippant libeller Shed his young blood for his absurd lampoon. a1862Buckle Civiliz. (1869) III. v. 298 The Scotch divines..were the libellers of their species; they calumniated the whole human race.
Comb.1600W. Watson Decacordon (1602) 106 Became an officious Agent, libeller-like to Rome, by writing against his brethren the seculars. |