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DETRACTOR

\dɪtɹˈaktə], \dɪtɹˈaktə], \d_ɪ_t_ɹ_ˈa_k_t_ə]\

Definitions of DETRACTOR

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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One who takes away; a muscle that draws away some part.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

A depreciator; slanderer.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

n. One who attempts to lessen the character or good name of another;â€”calumniator; defamer; depreciator.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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