monger
See also: Monger
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmʌŋ.ɡə(ɹ)/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈmʌŋ.ɡəɹ/, /ˈmɑŋ.ɡəɹ/
- Rhymes: -ʌŋɡə(ɹ)
Noun
[edit]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.
- 1790, Wilson Lt. Robert (RN), The Seaman's Manual
- Clipping of whoremonger.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:prostitute's client
Derived terms
[edit]- airmonger
- alemonger
- apple-monger, applemonger
- ballad-monger, balladmonger
- barbermonger
- beermonger
- bloodmonger
- bookmonger
- boroughmonger
- breadmonger
- buttermonger
- caremonger
- carpet-monger, carpetmonger
- ceremony-monger
- cheesemonger
- coalmonger
- cockmonger
- corn-monger, cornmonger
- costermonger
- deathmonger
- defeatmonger
- dictionary-monger
- doom-monger
- doubtmonger
- dramamonger
- eirmonger
- fadmonger
- fancymonger
- fashion-monger, fashionmonger
- fearmonger
- feathermonger
- fellmonger
- feltmonger
- fictionmonger
- filthmonger
- fishmonger
- flashmonger
- fleshmonger
- flour-monger, flourmonger
- foodmonger
- foolmonger
- fruitmonger
- garlicmonger
- ghostmonger
- gospelmonger
- gossipmonger
- grievance-monger
- hairmonger
- hatemonger
- haymonger
- horrormonger
- horsemonger
- hypemonger
- ideamonger
- ironmonger
- ironmongery
- jestmonger
- jobmonger
- lawmonger
- lease-monger
- Lightmonger
- lightmonger
- loanmonger
- lovemonger
- mass-monger
- maxim-monger
- meal-monger, mealmonger
- merit-monger, meritmonger
- miracle-monger
- money-monger
- mongeress
- mongering
- mongery
- muck-monger
- murdermonger
- musicmonger
- mutton-monger, muttonmonger
- mystery-monger
- newsmonger
- noisemonger
- nostrum-monger
- panic-monger, panicmonger
- pardon-monger, pardonmonger
- peacemonger
- pearmonger
- peltmonger
- phrase-monger, phrasemonger
- place-monger, placemonger
- pleasuremonger
- poisonmonger
- powermonger
- prayer-monger
- profit monger, profitmonger
- prophecy-monger
- pupil-monger
- pussymonger
- questmonger
- race-monger
- relic-monger, relicmonger
- rule-monger, rulemonger
- rumormonger, rumourmonger
- saltmonger
- scandal-monger, scandalmonger
- scaremonger
- shitmonger
- sleazemonger
- smutmonger
- species-monger
- spoilsmonger
- starmonger
- statemonger, statesmonger
- stockfishmonger
- system-monger
- talemonger
- trouble-monger
- twaddlemonger
- versemonger
- warmonger
- watermonger
- whoremonger
- winemonger
- wiremonger
- witchmonger
- wit-monger
- wondermonger
- woodmonger
- woolmonger
- woo-monger
- wordmonger
Translations
[edit]dealer
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Verb
[edit]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.
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