asperseraspersorn.
/əˈspəːsə/ 1. One who asperses; a defamer or calumniator.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > [noun] > one who slanders
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disclanderer1447
praterc1500
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ill sayera1533
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belier1541
sycophant1548
calumniatorc1550
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infamator1571
depraver1584
calumnier1586
libeller1589
infamizer1593
maldisant1598
oblocutor1603
traducer1603
villainizer1605
vilifier1611
calumner1614
scandallerc1620
scandalizer1632
blackmouth1642
deflowerer1645
famer1646
defamator1658
reflector1681
reflecter1686
asperser1702
bedirtera1742
libellist1794
mud-flinger1839
denigrator1875
mud-slinger1876
tar-brusher1884
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1702 Schedule Rev. 26 An Asperser of the Honourable House.
1739 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) II. 39 The aspersors of her husband's chastity.
1835 E. Bulwer-Lytton Rienzi I. i. iii. 38 Confronting the last asperser of the Colonna.
2. An aspergillum.
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society > faith > artefacts > implement (general) > aspergillum > [noun]
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1882 Times 18 Apr. 5 Taking the asperser he made the sign of the cross with it on his own forehead.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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