disslander

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noun

Slander.

OriginMiddle English disclaundre ← Anglo-Norman disclaundre ← Old French esclandre →
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Meanings

noundisslander (uncountable)

alternative dislaunder · alternative disslaunder · alternative disclaunder

  1. obsoleteuncountableSlander.

    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 Graftoni […], published 1548, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Old Frenchesclandre
  2. Anglo-Normandisclaundre
  3. Middle Englishdisclaundre
  4. Englishdisslander

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.

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APA

disslander. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disslander

MLA

“disslander.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disslander. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disslander,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disslander.

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