talebearer

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tale·bear·er

(tāl′bâr′ər)

One who spreads malicious stories or gossip.

tale′bear′ing adj. & n.

talebearer

(ˈteɪlˌbɛərə)

someone who gossips in an indiscreet manner

ˈtaleˌbearing n

tale•bear•er

(ˈteɪlˌbɛər ər)

n.

a person who spreads gossip.

[1470–80]

tale′bear`ing, adj., n.

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Noun

talebearer - someone who gossips indiscreetly

blabbermouth, taleteller, tattler, tattletale, telltale

gossiper, gossipmonger, newsmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger, gossip - a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others

talebearer

noun

A person habitually engaged in idle talk about others:

blab, gossip, gossiper, gossipmonger, newsmonger, rumormonger, scandalmonger, tabby, taleteller, tattle, tattler, tattletale, telltale, whisperer.

Slang: yenta.

Translations

talebearer

[ˈteɪlˌbɛərəʳ] N → soplón/ona m/f, chismoso/a m/f

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She understood now that the real reason that Miss Henderson hated her was that she was a decent married girl; and she knew that the talebearers and the toadies hated her for the same reason, and were doing their best to make her life miserable.

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For instance, Mumtazer Turkone from Fetullah Gulen's Zaman daily likened Erdogan to a "spoilt and talebearer child.

Gezi Park protests as a litmus test for mainstream western media

Leviticus (19:16), in warning against not being "a talebearer among your people, or standing idly by the blood of your neighbor," imposes substantial limits on the passage of information.

Jewish cyber-theology

Two horses, Talebearer and Little Scrub, ran a dead heat.

Sports betting in New Zealand: the New Zealand racing board

The talebearer shall defile his own soul, and be hated by all.

Informers and the state under late stalinism: informant networks and crimes against "Socialist Property," 1940-53

Elie Mischel, Note, "Thou Shalt Not Go About as a Talebearer Among Thy People": Jewish Law and the Private Facts Tort, 24 CARDOZO ARTS & ENT.