De-trăct'or, n.

noun

n. [Lat., Pr. detractor, detraidor, Sp. & Pg. detractor, It. detrattore, Fr. détracteur. See DETRACT.]

Sense 1. One who detracts or disparages.

His detractors were noisy and scurrilous. Macaulay.

Sense 2. (Anat.) A muscle which draws down the part to which it is attached. Wright.

Synonyms—Slanderer; calumniator; defamer; vilifier.