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What is the noun for talebearer?

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tale
  1. (obsolete) Number; tally; quota.
  2. (obsolete) Account; estimation; regard; heed.
  3. (obsolete) Speech; language.
  4. (obsolete) A speech; a statement; talk; conversation; discourse.
  5. (law, obsolete) A count; declaration.
  6. (rare or archaic) Numbering; enumeration; reckoning; account; count.
  7. (rare or archaic) A number of things considered as an aggregate; sum.
  8. (rare or archaic) A report of any matter; a relation; a version.
  9. An account of an asserted fact or circumstance; a rumour; a report, especially an idle or malicious story; a piece of gossip or slander; a lie.
  10. A rehearsal of what has occurred; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story.
  11. A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumeration.
  12. (slang) The fraudulent opportunity presented by a confidence man to the mark (sense 3.3) of a confidence game.
  13. Synonyms:
      14. story, narrative, legend, fable, myth, yarn, fiction, account, saga, romance, epic, novelette, parable, allegory, novella, narration, novel, report, history, record, anecdote, relation, spiel, conte, folk tale, short story, urban myth, urban legend, adventure, chronicle, fantasy, folk story, fairy tale, book, lore, folklore, tradition, tall tale, apologue, mythos, fairy story, drama, potboiler, autobiography, biography, work of fiction, traditional story, tall story, prose, mythology … more
  14. Examples:
      15. “Like the myth of Hercules, the legend of Samson is a tale recounted in many cultures.”
      “He's always ready to spin a tall tale about the one that got away.”
      “He'd heard the dubious tale of the molecule map before from his colleagues, and had concluded he couldn't believe something so incredible since there was no evidence.”
tales
  1. (law) A person available to fill vacancies in a jury.
  2. (law) A book or register of people available to fill jury vacancies.
  3. (law) A writ to summon people to court to fill vacancies in a jury.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. hearsay, gossip, talk, scuttlebutt, rumor, word, rumour, tattle, goss, buzz, report, dish, noise, dirt, scandal, grapevine, bruit, rumble, bavardage, skinder, labrish, storeys, stories, furphy, titbits, comment, cry, leak, clothesline, Kaffeeklatsch, tittle-tattle, shu-shu, idle talk, word of mouth, on dit, idle chatter, mere talk, talk of the town, second-hand information, common talk, unsubstantiated information, secondhand information, talks, reports, buzzes, scandals, words, whispers, canards, chitchat … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “My love of the UK has a lot to do with being raised on British fairy tales and the lowland Scots lilt in my grandmother's voice.”
      “Maurice, seeing the slave's light skin did not flinch, he had seen and heard tales of white slaves.”
      “We may assuredly presume that she would have written a greater body of overtly weird tales had she been allowed the editorial freedom.”
talesman
  1. (obsolete) The (male) author or relater of a tale; storyteller.
  2. Examples:
      3. “Not a talesman in the length and breadth of Brabant County who could swear truthfully that he had formed no opinion on the case.”
      “Talesman after talesman was excused because of a fixed opinion.”
      “The talesman, of course, inevitably replied in the negative.”
talesman
  1. (law) Someone summoned to a jury when a tales is awarded, to make up numbers.
  2. Examples:
      3. “Not a talesman in the length and breadth of Brabant County who could swear truthfully that he had formed no opinion on the case.”
      “Talesman after talesman was excused because of a fixed opinion.”
      “The talesman, of course, inevitably replied in the negative.”
talebearer
  1. An indiscreet person who spreads gossip.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. informer, tattletale, squealer, snitch, telltale, tattler, rat, betrayer, nark, informant, fink, stoolie, canary, snitcher, blabbermouth, busybody, taleteller, scandalmonger, rumormonger, babbler, chatterer, tattle, prattler, chatterbox, scandalizer, meddler, parrot, blab, whisperer, snoop, flibbertigibbet, tabby, whistle-blower, stool pigeon, rat fink, deep throat, sneak, grass, gossip, gossiper, gossipmonger, source, turncoat, newsmonger, double-crosser, mole, circulator, weasel, tipster, spy … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The talebearer passed along confidential information about the organization to the authorities, betraying their colleagues' trust.”
      “The talebearer couldn't resist spreading gossip about his neighbors' personal affairs.”
      “A talebearer reveals secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit conceals the matter.”
taled
  1. Dated form of tallit.
tale
  1. Alternative form of tael
  2. Synonyms:
      3. story, narrative, legend, fable, myth, yarn, fiction, account, saga, romance, epic, novelette, parable, allegory, novella, narration, novel, report, history, record, anecdote, relation, spiel, conte, folk tale, short story, urban myth, urban legend, adventure, chronicle, fantasy, folk story, fairy tale, book, lore, folklore, tradition, tall tale, apologue, mythos, fairy story, drama, potboiler, autobiography, biography, work of fiction, traditional story, tall story, prose, mythology … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Like the myth of Hercules, the legend of Samson is a tale recounted in many cultures.”
      “He's always ready to spin a tall tale about the one that got away.”
      “He'd heard the dubious tale of the molecule map before from his colleagues, and had concluded he couldn't believe something so incredible since there was no evidence.”
talebearing
  1. The spreading of gossip or rumor.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. gossip, account, babble, blather, blether, buzz, calumny, chatter, chitchat, clothesline, conversation, cry, defamation, earful, grapevine, hearsay, meddling, news, prate, prattle, report, rumor, rumourmongering, rumormongering, rumour, scandal, scuttlebutt, slander, story, tale, talk, tattle, wire, word, back-fence talk, dirty laundry, dirty linen, dirty wash, idle talk, malicious talk, small talk, telling tales, tittle-tattle, whispering campaign … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The talebearing in the office quickly led to a toxic environment, as rumors and gossip were constantly being spread among coworkers.”
      “This is a fun game, but if you have ever been on the receiving end of talebearing, or gossip, you know it is not funny.”
      “He cut off hands for thievery, splitting people's tongues for talebearing.”
tales
  1. plural of tale
  2. Synonyms:
      3. hearsay, gossip, talk, scuttlebutt, rumor, word, rumour, tattle, goss, buzz, report, dish, noise, dirt, scandal, grapevine, bruit, rumble, bavardage, skinder, labrish, storeys, stories, furphy, titbits, comment, cry, leak, clothesline, Kaffeeklatsch, tittle-tattle, shu-shu, idle talk, word of mouth, on dit, idle chatter, mere talk, talk of the town, second-hand information, common talk, unsubstantiated information, secondhand information, talks, reports, buzzes, scandals, words, whispers, canards, chitchat … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “My love of the UK has a lot to do with being raised on British fairy tales and the lowland Scots lilt in my grandmother's voice.”
      “Maurice, seeing the slave's light skin did not flinch, he had seen and heard tales of white slaves.”
      “We may assuredly presume that she would have written a greater body of overtly weird tales had she been allowed the editorial freedom.”
talebearings
  1. plural of talebearing
  2. Synonyms:
      3. gossip, accounts, babble, blather, blethers, buzzes, calumnies, chatters, chitchat, clotheslines, conversation, cries, defamations, earfuls, grapevines, hearsay, meddlings, news, prates, prattle, reports, rumor, rumormongering, rumour, scandals, scuttlebutt, slander, stories, tales, talks, tattle, wire, words, dirty laundry, small talk, tittle-tattle, whispering campaigns … more
talebearers
  1. plural of talebearer
  2. Synonyms:
      3. informers, tattletales, squealers, snitches, telltales, tattlers, rats, betrayers, narks, informants, finks, stoolies, canaries, blabbermouths, busybodies, taletellers, scandalmongers, rumormongers, babblers, chatterers, tattle, prattlers, chatterboxes, scandalizers, meddlers, parrots, blabs, whisperers, snoops, flibbertigibbets, tabby, whistle-blowers, stool pigeons, sneaks, grass, sources, double-crossers, turncoats, moles, gossipers, gossip, gossipmongers, tipsters, weasels, newsmongers, criers, spies, accusers, bigmouths, leakers … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Here were the hagglers and talebearers, the scrapmongers, the dealers in stray talk.”
      “Talebearers have a habit of telling evil things only to those who will spread evil, not stop it.”
talesmen
  1. plural of talesman
taleds
  1. plural of taled
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