Definition of "scandal-monger" [scandal-monger]

• One who deals in or retails scandal; one who spreads defamatory reports or rumors concerning the character or reputation of others. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Ben Smith profiles blogger/scandal-monger Will Folks."
• "Macumer treated this officious scandal-monger to one of those glances of his which seem to me so eloquent of noble scorn, and replied to the effect that he was “not in love with any little coquette.”"
• ""It is difficult to believe that John Wilkes, a notorious womanizer and scandal-monger, was a genuine hero of civil liberties and political democracy on both sides of the Atlantic in the late 18th century, but hero he was and in this engaging book Arthur Cash gives Wilkes the serious treatment he has long deserved.""