De*trac"tor (?), n. [L.: cf. F. détracteur.]
One who detracts; a derogator; a defamer.
His detractors were noisy and scurrilous. Macaulay.
Syn. -- Slanderer; calumniator; defamer; vilifier.
© Webster 1913.
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