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backbiters

backbiters is the plural of backbiter.

Meaning of backbiter

Noun

backbiter (plural backbiters)

  1. 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; […]1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Author’s Oeconomy and Happy Life among the Houyhnhnms. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London...

Questions about backbiters

What is backbiters the plural of?
Backbiters is the plural of backbiter.

Words near backbiters in the dictionary

  1. backbent
  2. backberend
  3. backbit
  4. backbite
  5. backbiter
  6. backbiters
  7. backbites
  8. backbiting
  9. backbitingly
  10. backbitings
  11. backbitten

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Adapted from Wiktionary: backbiters (page history and authors); backbiter (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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