rumormonger

noun

: a person who spreads rumors

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This successfully makes the case, as is made elsewhere, that Trump was good at working the press — so good, in fact, that years later, a professional rumormonger remembers them with greater clarity than any time Trump made news. Daniel D'addario, Variety, 20 Aug. 2021 Stay to see Veronica Cartwright's uptight rumormonger vomit her weight in cherry stones. Clark Collis, EW.com, 1 May 2020

Word History

First Known Use

1844, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of rumormonger was in 1844

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“Rumormonger.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rumormonger. Accessed 21 Mar. 2025.

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