monger

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See also: Monger

English

Etymology

From Middle English mongere, mangere, from Old English mangere (“merchant, trader, dealer”), from Old English mangian (“to trade, to traffic”) from Proto-Germanic *mangōną, 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

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Rhymes: -ʌŋɡə(ɹ)

Noun

monger (plural mongers)

(chiefly in combination) A dealer in a specific commodity.
costermonger, fishmonger, ironmonger
- 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.
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.

Derived terms

Translations

dealer

French: marchand (fr) m
German: Krämer (de) m, Händler (de) m, Verkäufer (de) m
Irish: mangaire m, ceannaí m
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Italian: venditore (it) m
Japanese: 屋 (ja) (や, ya (as a suffix))
Latin: mangō m
Swedish: månglare (sv) c

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.

Translations

sell

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

morgen

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