[f. BLAB v. + -ER1.] One who blabs; one who reveals secrets, a tell-tale.
1557. North, trans. Gueuara’s Diall Pr. (1582), 94 a. He was … a great blabber of his tongue.
1624. Heywood, Captives, V. iii. in Bullen, O. Pl., IV. Peace, fellowe Godfrey. I’l now play the blabber.
1793. T. Jefferson, Writ. (1830), IV. 491. The indiscretion of this blabber.
1841. D’Israeli, Amen. Lit. (1867), 236. Time, that blabber of more fatal secrets.
