De‐tract″or (?), n. [L.: cf. F. détracteur.] One who detracts; a derogator; a defamer.
His detractors were noisy and scurrilous. Macaulay.
Syn. — Slanderer; calumniator; defamer; vilifier.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.