gossipern.
/ˈɡɒsɪpə/ One who gossips.
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society > communication > information > rumour > [noun] > tale-bearer
rounderOE
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tale-teller1377
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whisterer1519
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tale-carrier1552
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the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat > one who chats or gossips
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1568 E. Tilney Brief Disc. Mariage (new ed.) sig. Eiija I cannot but maruayle how a woman of estimation can delite in gadding abrode, to be a gossiper.
1679 T. Shadwell True Widow i. 14 A perpetual Gossiper, and Visiter in all Families.
1817 M. Edgeworth Harrington & Ormond I. xii. 282 Then bitterly I execrated the reporters, and the gossipers, and the letter writing misses.
1868 E. Edwards Life Sir W. Ralegh I. xiii. 253 Some of the Court gossippers of the day say that the..commission had been offered to Ralegh.
1885 Liverpool Daily Post 29 Aug. 5/2 Gossipers on the Flags were pleased to notice that cotton remains fair.
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