newsmonger

noun

news·​mon·​ger ˈnüz-ˌməŋ-gər  -ˌmäŋ- 

ˈnyüz-

: a person who is active in gathering and repeating news

especially : gossip

Synonyms

• circulator
• gossip
• gossiper
• gossipmonger
• quidnunc
• tale-teller
• talebearer
• telltale
• yenta

Examples of newsmonger in a Sentence

the neighborhood newsmonger came over to tell us that the Clarksons were putting in a pool

Word History

First Known Use

1592, in the meaning defined above