gossiper
(ˈgɒsɪpə(r))
[f. gossip v. + -er1.]
One who gossips.
| 1568 Tilney Disc. Mariage E iij a, I cannot but maruayle how a woman of estimation can delite in gadding abrode, to be a gossiper. 1679 Shadwell True Widow i. ad fin., A perpetual Gossiper and Visiter in all Families. 1817 M. Edgeworth Tales & Novels, Harrington xii, Then bitterly I execrated the reporters, and the gossipers, and the letter-writing misses. 1868 E. Edwards Raleigh I. xiii. 253 Some of the Court gossippers of the day say that the..commission had been offered to Ralegh. 1885 L'pool Daily Post 29 Aug. 5/2 Gossipers on the Flags were pleased to notice that cotton remains fair. |