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Definition of Newsmonger
1. Noun. A person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others.
Generic synonyms: Communicator
Specialized synonyms: Cat, Scandalmonger, Blabbermouth, Talebearer, Taleteller, Tattler, Tattletale, Telltale, Yenta
Derivative terms: Gossip, Gossip
Definition of Newsmonger
1. n. One who deals in news; one who is active in hearing and telling news.
Definition of Newsmonger
1. Noun. gossiper ¹
2. Noun. journalist ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Newsmonger
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Newsmonger
Literary usage of Newsmonger
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Poems written and published during the American revolutionary war by Philip Morin Freneau (1809)
"THE newsmonger: A CHARACTER. 'AN insect lives among mankind for what wise ends
by fate designed 'Tis hard, 'tis very hard, to find. Tn pain for all, ..."
2. The Characters of Theophrastus by Theophrastus (1902)
"The newsmonger is one who straightway strikes an attitude and assumes a smiling
air when he meets a friend, and asks : " Where have you been ? What news ? ..."
3. Westmoreland and Cumberland Dialects: Dialogues, Poems, Songs, and Ballads by John Russell Smith (1839)
"... NICHOL THE newsmonger. Tune,—" The night before Larry was stretch'd." , Nichol,
and gi'e us thy cracks, I seed te gang down to the smiddy, I've fodder'd ..."
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