Definitions for talebearing

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

tale•bear•erˈteɪlˌbɛər ər(n.)

  1. a person who spreads gossip.

Origin of talebearer:

1470–80

tale′bear`ing(adj.; n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. blabbermouthed, leaky, talebearing(a), tattling(a)(adj)

    prone to communicate confidential information

Wiktionary

  1. talebearing(Noun)

    Spreading gossip or rumor.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Talebearing(adj)

    telling tales officiously

  2. Talebearing(noun)

    the act of informing officiously; communication of sectrts, scandal, etc., maliciously


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