† trattlern.
Chiefly Scottish. Obsolete.
One who ‘trattles’; an idle talker, chatterer, gossip.
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the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat > one who chats or gossips
kikelot?c1225
mathelild?c1225
cacklec1230
tutelerc1385
tittererc1400
roukera1425
trattlerc1485
flimmerc1530
tattler1549
chatter1561
gossip1566
gossiper1568
tittle-tattle1571
chatmate1599
fiddle-faddle1602
tittle-tattler1602
confabulator1659
twittle-twat1662
shat1709
prittle-prattle1725
tattle-basket1736
small-talker1762
nash-gab1816
granny1861
windjammer1880
schmoozer1899
scuttlebutt gossip1901
wag-tongue1902
coffee-houser1907
kibitzer1925
clatfarta1930
natterer1959
yacker1959
rapper1967
village gossip1972
c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 73 The tane is a grete tratlare, the tothir a still herkenare.
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 63 Be ȝe ane lear, that is werst of all. Be ȝe ane tratlar, that I hald als ewill.
c1598 King James VI & I Basilicon Doron (1944) I. ii. 159 Quhaire ye finde a tratler auaye uith him.
1670 Sc. Prov. in J. Ray Coll. Eng. Prov. 260 A tratler is worse then a thief.
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