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monger

[ mong-ger, muhng- ]

noun

  1. a person who is involved with something in a petty or contemptible way (usually used in combination):

    a gossipmonger.

  2. Chiefly British. a dealer in or trader of a commodity (usually used in combination): cheesemonger.

    fishmonger;

    cheesemonger.



verb (used with object)

  1. to sell; hawk.

monger

/ ˈmʌŋɡə /

noun

  1. in combination except in archaic use a trader or dealer

    ironmonger

  2. in combination a promoter of something unpleasant

    warmonger



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Derived Forms

  • ˈmongering, nounadjective

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Other Words From

  • mon·ger·ing noun adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of monger1

First recorded before 1000; Middle English noun monger(e), mounger, Old English mangere, equivalent to mang(ian) “to trade, act as a monger” (ultimately from Latin mangō “salesman”) + -ere agent noun suffix; cognate with Old Norse, Old High German mangari; -er 1

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Word History and Origins

Origin of monger1

Old English mangere, ultimately from Latin mangō dealer; compare Old High German mangari

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Example Sentences

I didn’t know until I went into Bedford Cheese Shop that you could have the monger pick out some cheeses for you based on what you tell them, and they will serve it to you on a plate in a beautiful presentation with a bunch of fixings.

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“Anyone who takes up this struggle against the regime is labeled a neo-con and a war monger,” he said.

This is standard fare for Levin, who is truly a hate monger.

Today salted cod—baccalà—is available in many supermarkets and your fish monger should carry it.

She heard unpleasant stories touching him through Sylvana, her nurse, an indefatigable gossip-monger.

But she was much more than a mere fashion-monger: and what has lasted best in her was not mere fashion.

He met Scribe, the omnipotent libretto-monger of the day, and of course nothing came of it.

Pelt′monger, a dealer in skins; Pelt′ry, the skins of animals with the fur on them: furs.

Mr. M. said he was no motive-monger; he never arraigned gentlemen for their motives.

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