Usually means: Person who speaks ill secretly.
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  9. backbiter: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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  12. backbiter: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
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▸ noun:  A person who says nasty things about another person behind the second person's back: that is, out of their sight and hearing.

Similar:
libeler, slanderer, maligner, traducer, defamer, back biter, backtalker, backstabber, backstabbee, badmouther, more...

Opposite:
supporter, ally, defender, advocate

Adjectives:
slanderous, unknown, worst, venomous, malicious

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Similar:
libeler, slanderer, maligner, traducer, defamer, back biter, backtalker, backstabber, backstabbee, badmouther, more...

Opposite:
supporter, ally, defender, advocate

Adjectives:
slanderous, unknown, worst, venomous, malicious



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