talebearer

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

TA'LEBEARER, noun [tale and bear.] A person who officiously tells tales; one who impertinently communicates intelligence or anecdotes, and makes mischief in society by his officiousness. Where there is no talebearer the strife ceaseth. Proverbs 26:20.
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