rumourer

English

Alternative forms

• rumorer

Etymology

From rumour +‎ -er.

Noun

rumourer (plural rumourers)

1. 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.