monger
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gər, ˈmɒŋ- noun
1.
a person who is involved with something in a petty or contemptible way (usually used in combination): a gossipmonger.
2.
verb (used with object)
3.
to sell; hawk.
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English (noun); Old English mangere, equivalent to mang(ian) to trade, act as a monger (≪ Latin mangō salesman) + -ere -er1; cognate with Old Norse, Old High German mangari
before 1000; Middle English (noun); Old English mangere, equivalent to mang(ian) to trade, act as a monger (≪ Latin mangō salesman) + -ere -er1; cognate with Old Norse, Old High German mangari
Related forms
mon·ger·ing, noun, adjective
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| —n | |
| 1. | (in combination except in archaic use) a trader or dealer: ironmonger |
| 2. | (in combination) a promoter of something unpleasant: warmonger |
| [Old English mangere, ultimately from Latin mangō dealer; compare Old High German mangari] | |
| 'mongering | |
| —n, —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
monger
O.E. mangere, from P.Gmc. mangojan (cf. O.S. mangon, O.N. manga), from L. mango (gen. mangonis) "dealer, trader," from a noun derivative of Gk. manganon "contrivance, means of enchantment," from PIE base *mang- "to embellish, dress, trim." Used in comb. form in Eng. since at least 12c.; since 16c. chiefly
with overtones of petty and disreputable. The modern verb is first recorded 1928, from the noun (but there was a verb form in O.E.). Related: Mongering.
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Example sentences
And you don't go broke paying your money to some monger.
Either shell the shrimp yourself or have your fish store or supermarket fish monger clean them for you.
He was a coal broker before becoming a wool monger and was a ruthless salesman.
These so call anti pollution lobby has nuances value they opposite to anything for cheap publicly, they are publicity monger.
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