rumourer
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Noun
rumourer (plural rumourers)
- One who rumours; a teller of news; a spreader of reports.
- Synonym: rumormonger
- Near-synonyms: gossipmonger, newsmonger, scandalmonger; blabbermouth, talebearer, telltale; gossip, gossiper; see also Thesaurus:gossiper
References
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “rumourer”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.