talebearer

noun

ˈtāl-ˌber-ər How to pronounce talebearer (audio)
Definition of talebearernext
1
as in gossiper
a person who habitually reveals personal or sensational facts about others statehouse talebearers had long spread stories about the governor's extramarital affairs

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as in informant
a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing the teacher told him not to be such a talebearer, as she was quite capable of detecting student misbehavior on her own

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  1. informant
  2. gossip
  3. informer
  4. canary
Noun
  • Trump’s remarks follow last month’s inspector general report from the Biden Justice Department, which detailed the FBI’s use of confidential informants and prompted questions about their roles in the Jan. 6 protest.
    Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Jan. 2025
  • On one occasion, authorities say, the informant handed over to the FBI a plastic foam cup containing a granular substance that tested positive for drugs.
    CBS News, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of informant
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  • Kids will hear whispers through the gossip network, or notice if a friend-of-a-friend has started to isolate.
    Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek's network of contributors Jenna Bush Hager is a good sport about her thirst traps going viral.
    Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
Definition of gossip
Noun
  • Given the increasingly absurd pretexts the state is using for criminal prosecution and the resounding success of informers of all stripes, the judicial crackdown will continue to worsen.
    Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 17 May 2024
  • Standing in his way are British spies, French informers and jealous colleagues.
    Liza Foreman, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Apr. 2024
Definition of informer
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  • Cats, however, may turn out to be the canaries in the coalmines — pardon the mixed metaphor.
    Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 24 Dec. 2024
  • There is a loud warning in all of this, and Batman is sort of the canary in the coal mine.
    Mark Hughes, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
Definition of canary
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