backbiter
noun/ˈbæk.baɪt.ə(ɹ)//ˈbæk.baɪt.ɚ/US
Etymology
From Middle English bakbitere, bakbytere, bacbitere, equivalent to backbite + -er.
- inherited from bakbitere
Definitions
A person who says nasty things about another person behind the second person's back
A person who says nasty things about another person behind the second person's back: that is, out of their sight and hearing.
- […] here were no Gibers, Cenſurers, Backbiters, Pick-pockets, Highwaymen, Houſebreakers, Attorneys, Bawds, Buffoons, Gameſters, Politicians, Wits, ſplenetick tedious Talkers, Controvertiſts, Raviſhers, Murderers, Robbers, Virtuoſo's; […]
- She better not hear none of them old backbiters talking about her husband!
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA