a person who spreads rumours or gossip in a secretive or insidious manner; cf. rounder, n.1

tidings-bearer, tidings-bringer, tidings-bringing, tidings-maker.

a whisperer, a murmurer.

A person who spreads rumours.

one who ‘spreads’ a report or story.

Of a person: A news-monger. (So French gazette.)

A person who constantly asks: ‘What now?’; an inquisitive or nosy person; a gossip.

a person who engages in the telling or retelling of anecdotes.

= quidnunc, n.

In Jewish usage: a noisy, vulgar, interfering, or annoying woman; (now) esp. one who gossips, a busybody; one given to nagging or scolding, a shrew.