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Definition of Taleteller
1. Noun. Someone who gossips indiscreetly.
Generic synonyms: Gossip, Gossiper, Gossipmonger, Newsmonger, Rumormonger, Rumourmonger
Derivative terms: Tattle, Telltale
Definition of Taleteller
1. n. One who tells tales or stories, especially in a mischievous or officious manner; a talebearer; a telltale; a tattler.
Definition of Taleteller
1. Noun. A person who tells tales ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Taleteller
Literary usage of Taleteller
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Literae Cantuarienses: the letter books of the Monastery of Christ Church by Joseph Brigstocke Sheppard (1889)
"... of " his Cite of London, or of the Counte of Rente " that whoo that ever may "
hiere any swych taleteller, or of any tales ..."
2. The Talisman: A Tale of the Crusaders by Walter Scott (1878)
"... which the travellers had now attained, the sonorous voice of El Hakim himself
overpowered and cut short the narrative of the taleteller, while he caused ..."
3. The Bookman (1895)
"... and the superabundantly healthful tone and irresistible rejuvenescence of the
taleteller have a most exhilarating and bracing effect. ..."
4. American Annals of the Deaf by Conference of Executives of American Schools for the Deaf (1915)
"Your deaf child will get the narrative idea by and by and when he does he is
likely to develop into a taleteller of surprising ability. A few days ago, ..."
5. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1861)
"... says, " I believe there never was a man who united the ardour of a soldier
and taleteller—or man of talk, as they call it in Gaelic—in such an excellent ..."
6. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1858)
"which might furnish the English taleteller with legends wild as those culled on
shores licked by ..."
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