Crossword clues for talebearer
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Talebearer \Tale"bear`er\, n. One who officiously tells tales; one who impertinently or maliciously communicates intelligence, scandal, etc., and makes mischief.
Spies and talebearers, encouraged by her father, did
their best to inflame her resentment.
--Macaulay.
Wiktionary
alt. An indiscreet person who spreads gossip. n. An indiscreet person who spreads gossip.
WordNet
n. someone who gossips indiscreetly [syn: tattletale, tattler, taleteller, telltale, blabbermouth]
Usage examples of "talebearer".
She had heard tell of those ghosties who could move things with naught but their wills, but she suspected that was a great deal of wishful thinking on the part of the talebearers.
After all, he had just made a highly public appearance at the Hippodrome with his father and Anna Dalassena's son: that should content the talebearers, who might have been glad to say that he had withdrawn from the amusements of his class as well as its obligations.
Ambient temperature, body size, clothing, location, cause of death, and many more postmortem minutiae can be naughty little talebearers that fool even an expert and completely confuse him or her as to what really happened.
Obviously, since your messmates are not talebearers, I have had no idea of your conduct in the gunroom.