fellmonger

[ fel-mong-ger, -muhng- ]

nounChiefly British.
  1. a preparer of skins or hides of animals, especially sheepskins, prior to leather making.

Origin of fellmonger

1
First recorded in 1520–30; fell4 + monger

Other words from fellmonger

  • fell·mon·ger·ing, fell·mon·ger·y, noun

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How to use fellmonger in a sentence

  • But perhaps, after all, it may be only an indifferent limestone representation of a fellmongering establishment.

    The Jenolan Caves | Samuel Cook
  • The colonies, however, have often done their own fellmongering, and we have imported pickled pelts.

    Animal Proteins | Hugh Garner Bennett

British Dictionary definitions for fellmonger

fellmonger

/ (ˈfɛlˌmʌŋɡə) /


noun
  1. a person who deals in animal skins or hides

Derived forms of fellmonger

  • fellmongering or fellmongery, noun

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