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detractor

noun

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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: From Middle English detractor, dectractour, from Anglo-Norman detractour, from Old French detractor.

  1. A person who belittles the worth of another person or cause.

    Four polite Englishmen in their middle 20s, feigning like firewater drunks in a Eugene O'Neill play: it's exactly the stuff that makes their detractors groan.