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Webster 1913 Edition
Monger
Mon′ger
,Noun.
[AS.
mangere
, fr. mangian
to trade; akin to Icel. manga
to trade, mangari
a trader, OHG. mangari
, mengari
; cf. L. mango
a dealer in slaves.] 1.
A trader; a dealer; – now used chiefly in composition;
as, fish
. monger
, ironmonger
, newsmonger
2.
A small merchant vessel.
[Obs.]
Blount.
Mon′ger
,Verb.
T.
To deal in; to make merchandise of; to traffic in; – used chiefly of discreditable traffic.
Webster 1828 Edition
Monger
MONGER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
monger
monger
English
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 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."
- Short for whoremonger.
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Translations
dealer
Verb
monger (third-person singular simple present mongers, present participle mongering, simple past and past participle mongered)