Emily Dickinson Lexicon

RU'MOR, n. [L.]

1. Flying or popular report; a current story passing from one person to another, without any known authority for the truth of it. Rumor next and chance / And tumult and confusion all embroil'd. Milton. When ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars, be ye not troubled. Mark xiii.
2. Report of a fact; a story well authorized. This rumor of him went forth throughout all Judea. Luke vii.
3. Fame; reported celebrity. Great is the rumor of this dreadful knight. Shak.