gossiper

noun

gossiper

noun

Etymology From gossip + -er.

1

A person who gossips.

  • The gossiper, Emma wishes to control her receiver's of gossip (Harriet) opinion about Emma's marriage through setting Miss Bates, the gossipee, as a bad example to be followed in pursuing a dream of marriage.2017, Fareed Hameed Al-Hindawi, Musaab Al-Khazaali, Linguistic Analysis of Literary Data, page 180:
Synonyms
28 termscarrytale, blab, blabbermouth, blabtale, blabtongue, busybody, buzzer, gossip, gossiper, gossipmonger, meddler, mouth, mumblenews, newsmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger, scandalmonger, sleazemonger, tabby, talebearer, talecarrier, tattletale, telltale, telltale tit, titivil, tittle-tattle, town crier, whisperer
Related terms
quidnunc, informant, tattle
Hypernyms
chatterbox
Hyponyms
gadder, yenta
Holonyms
bush telegraph, gossip mill, grapevine, jungle telegraph, mukluk telegraph, mulga wire, rumor mill

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