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disslander

disslander noun: slander.

Noun

disslander (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Slander.
    • He declareth you a true man to hym[…]the saied dislaunder and noysyng notwithstandyng.a. 1548 (date written), Edward Hall, Richard Grafton, “(please specify the part of the work)”, in The Vnion of the Two Noble and Illustre Famelies of Lancastre & Yorke, […], London: […] Richardi...

Forms of disslander

alternative formdislaunder
alternative formdisslaunder
alternative formdisclaunder

Origin of disslander

From Middle English disclaundre, disslaundre, from Anglo-Norman disclaundre, from sclandre, esclandre, from Old French esclandre. See slander and compare Middle English sclaundre. By surface analysis, dis- + slander.

Questions about disslander

What does disslander mean?
Disslander means slander.
What part of speech is disslander?
Disslander is a noun.

Words near disslander in the dictionary

  1. dissipativities
  2. dissipator
  3. dissipators
  4. dissipatory
  5. dissite
  6. disslander
  7. disso
  8. dissociabilities
  9. dissociability
  10. dissociable
  11. dissociableness

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