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- noun One who
rumors ; a teller ofnews ; a spreader ofreports .
Etymologies
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rumour + -er
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Examples
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No doubt this is a felicitous emendation, though I think it may be fairly objected that a rumourer, being one who deals in what he hears, as opposed to an observer, who reports what he sees, there is a certain inappropriateness in speaking of a rumourer's eyes.
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"BRUTUS: Go see this rumourer whipp'd.--It cannot be
The Volsces dare break with us."
- William Shakespeare, 'The Tragedy of Coriolanus'.
August 29, 2009