monger

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 mango "dealer, trader", from Greek 'manganon' "contrivance, means of enchantment", from Proto-Indo-European *mang "to embellish, dress, trim"

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmʌŋɡə(ɹ)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmʌŋɡəɹ/
• Rhymes: -ʌŋɡə(ɹ)

Noun

monger (plural mongers)

1. (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.

2. (in combination) A person promoting something undesirable.

   warmonger, sleazemonger, scaremonger

3. A small merchant vessel.

   In The Seaman's Manual (1790), by Lt. Robert Wilson (RN), a monger is defined as "a small sea-vessel used by fishermen."

4. Clipping of whoremonger.

Verb

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

1. (transitive, Britain) To sell or peddle something

Anagrams

• morgen