"gossiper" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gossipers [plural]
Etymology: gossip + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|gossip|er|id2=agent noun}} gossip + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} gossiper (plural gossipers)
  1. A person who gossips. Hypernyms: chatterbox Hyponyms: gadder, yenta Holonyms: bush telegraph, gossip mill, grapevine, jungle telegraph, mukluk telegraph, mulga wire, rumor mill Related terms: quidnunc, informant, tattle [noun] Translations (one who gossips — see also gossip): σπερμολόγος (spermológos) (Ancient Greek), xafarder [masculine] (Catalan), xafardera [feminine] (Catalan), sladrehank [common-gender] (Danish), roddelaar [masculine] (Dutch), roddelaarster [feminine] (Dutch), klaĉisto (Esperanto), klaĉulo (Esperanto), klaĉanto (Esperanto), juoruilija (Finnish), rexoubeiro [masculine] (Galician), murmurador [masculine] (Galician), κουτσομπόλης (koutsompólis) [masculine] (Greek), κουτσομπόλα (koutsompóla) [feminine] (Greek), сумақай (sumaqai) (Kazakh), nguturepe (Maori), bajczarz [masculine] (Polish), bajczarka [feminine] (Polish), plotkarz [masculine] (Polish), plotkarka [feminine] (Polish), fofoqueiro [masculine] (Portuguese), mdakizi (Swahili), tsismoso [masculine] (Tagalog), tsismosa [feminine] (Tagalog), dedikoducu (Turkish)

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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "one who gossips — see also gossip",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "plotkarz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "one who gossips — see also gossip",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "plotkarka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "one who gossips — see also gossip",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fofoqueiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "one who gossips — see also gossip",
      "word": "mdakizi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "one who gossips — see also gossip",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tsismoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "one who gossips — see also gossip",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tsismosa"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "one who gossips — see also gossip",
      "word": "dedikoducu"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gossiper"
}

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