backstabber
pronunciation
How to pronounce backstabber in British English:
UK [bæks'tæbə]
How to pronounce backstabber in American English:
US [bæks'tæbə]
Word Origin
- backstabber (n.)
- also back-stabber, in the figurative sense, 1839, from back (n.) + agent noun from stab (v.). The verb backstab in the figurative sense is from 1925.
Example
- 1. I was looking around at all of my friends , who I have known for 20 years , wondering who the backstabber was .