libelist

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Noun
  • Martinez called Mejia a shameless perjurer who became a government witness only after reviewing the evidence against him and realizing he was caught dead to rights for his own crimes.
    Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2024
  • Banks’s pathos matches that shown to Kennisha — a remarkable feat of storytelling that Just Mercy never achieves with its pathetic hillbilly perjurer (Tim Blake Nelson).
    Armond White, National Review, 24 Jan. 2020
Noun
  • The Ocrafolk Festival brings together storytellers and musicians for a weekend in early June, while the Fig Festival in August celebrates the island’s popular fruit.
    Caroline Eubanks, Travel + Leisure, 22 May 2026
  • With stories focused on surviving rowdy family, moments of loneliness, struggles with faith, and navigating our deepest human relationships, Johnson’s abilities as a pensive storyteller are conducted masterfully.
    Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 22 May 2026
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“Libelist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/libelist. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.

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