newsmonger

[ nooz-mong-ger, -muhng-, nyooz- ]

noun

1. a person who spreads gossip or idle talk; a gossip or gossipmonger.

newsmonger

/ ˈnjuːzˌmʌŋɡə /

noun

1. old-fashioned.
   a gossip

Word History and Origins

Origin of newsmonger¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; news + monger

Example Sentences

“The whip, if thou wilt not be off, evil newsmonger.”

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Brouillard was working it out in his own way, tramping the streets, hanging on the outskirts of arguing groups of newsmongers, or listening to the bonanza talk of the loungers in the Metropole lobby.

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I never wish myself an unversed writer and newsmonger but when I write to you.

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Every day there were various reports of the march of the soldiers; some newsmongers by profession gathered greedily all these reports, and spread them among their companions.

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If an acquaintance is met, and would say a pleasant newsmonger's word in his ear, that acquaintance turns from him, affronted at his hard aspect of icy discourtesy.

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