different between slanderer vs calumniator

English

Etymology

slander +? -er

Noun

slanderer (plural slanderers)

1. One who slanders or defames the name or reputation of another person.

Translations

English

Etymology

calumniate +? -or

Noun

calumniator (plural calumniators)

1. A person who calumniates (slanders, or makes personal attacks upon, others).
   • 1857 Charles Dickens - Household Words: A Weekly Journal

     He did not go to the police and cover the calumniator with infamy before the tribunals.

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From calumnior +? -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ka.lum.ni?a?.tor/, [kä???mni?ä?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ka.lum.ni?a.tor/, [k?lumni???t??r]

Noun

calumni?tor m (genitive calumni?t?ris, feminine calumni?tr?x); third declension

1. pettifogger
2. chicaner

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Verb

calumni?tor

1. second-person singular future active imperative of calumnior
2. third-person singular future active imperative of calumnior

References

• calumniator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• calumniator in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• calumniator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette