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monger

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English

Etymology

From Middle English mongere, mangere, from Old English mangere (“merchant, trader, dealer”), from Proto-West Germanic *mangārī, from Latin mangō (“dealer, trader”), perhaps from Ancient Greek μάγγανον (mánganon, “contrivance, means of enchantment”), from Proto-Indo-European *mang- (“to embellish, dress, trim”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmʌŋ.ɡə(ɹ)/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈmʌŋ.ɡəɹ/, /ˈmɑŋ.ɡəɹ/
Rhymes: -ʌŋɡə(ɹ)

Noun

monger (plural mongers)

(chiefly in combination) A dealer in a specific commodity.
Hyponyms: costermonger, fishmonger, ironmonger
- c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii], lines 369-72:
  If I could meet
  that fancy-monger, I would give him some good
  counsel, for he seems to have the quotidian of love
  upon him.
- 2005, Los Angeles Magazine, volume 50, number 11, page 111:
  For the freshest wild catch, ask your monger when the fish are running.
(in combination) A person promoting something undesirable.
Hyponyms: warmonger, sleazemonger, scaremonger
A small sea vessel.
- 1790, Wilson Lt. Robert (RN), The Seaman's Manual
  monger: a small sea-vessel used by fishermen.
Clipping of whoremonger.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:prostitute's client

Derived terms

Translations

dealer

Catalan: mercader (ca) m, mercadera (ca) f
Chinese: Mandarin: 贩子 (zh) (fànzi)
Dutch: handelaar (nl) m
French: marchand (fr) m
German: Krämer (de) m, Händler (de) m, Verkäufer (de) m
Irish: mangaire m, ceannaí m
Italian: venditore (it) m
Japanese: 屋 (ja) (や, ya (as a suffix))
Latin: mangō (la) m
Portuguese: mercador (pt)
Spanish: mercader (es) m or f
Swedish: månglare (sv) c
Turkish: tüccar (tr)

Verb

monger (third-person singular simple present mongers, present participle mongering, simple past and past participle mongered)

(transitive, British) To sell or peddle something.
(transitive) To promote something undesirable.
- 2019 April 25, Samanth Subramanian, “Hand dryers v paper towels: the surprisingly dirty fight for the right to dry your hands”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:
  Once these fears have been mongered, their spread is irresistible.

Derived terms

mongerer

Translations

sell

Swedish: mångla, kränga (sv), sälja (sv)

Anagrams

morgen

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