monger
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Old English mangere (“merchant, trader, dealer”), from Proto-Germanic *mangojan, from Latin mango "dealer, trader", from Greek 'manganon' "contrivance, means of enchantment", from Proto-Indo-European *mang "to embellish, dress, trim"
Noun [edit]
monger (plural mongers)
- (UK) A dealer in a specific commodity, normally used in combination
- costermonger, fishmonger, ironmonger
- A person promoting something undesirable, always used in combination
- warmonger, sleazemonger
Derived terms [edit]
terms derived from monger
Translations [edit]
Verb [edit]
monger (third-person singular simple present mongers, present participle mongering, simple past and past participle mongered)
- (transitive, UK) To sell or peddle something
