D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Hearsay

/(hēr"sā`)/ · Hear·say · IPA /ˈhɪɹˌseɪ/
01 n. Report; rumor; fame; common talk; something heard from another.
  1. 1.
    Report; rumor; fame; common talk; something heard from another.
    “Much of the obloquy that has so long rested on the memory of our great national poet originated in frivolous hearsays of his life and conversation.” — Prof. Wilson.
Phrases & compounds
Hearsay evidence — that species of testimony which consists in a narration by one person of matters told him by another. It is, with a few exceptions, inadmissible as testimony.