tale-teller

noun

tale-tell·​er ˈtāl-ˌte-lər 

1

: one who tells tales or stories

2

: talebearer

tale-telling

ˈtāl-ˌte-liŋ 

adjective or noun

Synonyms

• circulator
• gossip
• gossiper
• gossipmonger
• newsmonger
• quidnunc
• talebearer
• telltale
• yenta

Examples of tale-teller in a Sentence

the reasons for the couple's divorce aren't terribly juicy, but they will be by the time the tale-tellers are through

Recent Examples on the Web

And a tale-teller was a servant hired to put people to sleep by talking a load of rubbish to them. —Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 11 May 2022

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1