Meaning

1 senses

  1. One who rumours; a teller of news; a spreader of reports.

    Near-synonyms: gossipmonger, newsmonger, scandalmonger; blabbermouth, talebearer, telltale; gossip, gossiper; see also Thesaurus:gossiper

Origin

From rumour + -er.

From rumour + -er.

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Forms

plural: rumourers

Synonyms

26 synonyms
telltaleC1gossipB1buzzerC1mouthA1rumormongergossipmongernewsmongerscandalmongertalebearergossipercarrytaleblabblabtaleblabtongue

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
rumorA2rumourA2rumplerunA1

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