Gossiper

noun

noun ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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."

  2. 2
    a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others wordnet

Synonyms

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gossipmongergossipnewsmongerrumormongerrumourmongerblab

Example

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"The chronic irascible gossiper is evidently a characteristic type of person who has specialized in this mode of reaction to anger."

Etymology

From gossip + -er.

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