Yenta

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Slang A person, especially a woman, who is meddlesome or gossipy.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. a woman who meddles in the business of others; a busybody; a woman gossip; a gossipmonger
  • n. a matchmaker; a woman who specializes in finding spouses.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. (Yiddish) a woman who talks too much; a gossip unable to keep a secret; a woman who spreads rumors and scandal
  • n. (Yiddish) a vulgar shrew; a shallow coarse termagant
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    rumormonger    gossip    newsmonger    gossiper    rumourmonger    gossipmonger    shrew    termagant