Definition of "rumormonger" [rumormonger]

• One who spreads rumors. (noun)
• To engage in the spreading of rumors. (verb-intransitive)

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• "This is the same standard it's always been: verify information or you're a rumormonger (which can also be fun and more profitable than journalism)."
• "Give it to a rumormonger—you know the one named Lark?"
• "That Princess Keros lost her maidenhead—supposing she still had it—to some sort of rumormonger, some singer?"