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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
, iron
monger
, news
monger
.
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.
A trader; a dealer; now used only or chiefly in composition; as a fish-monger, iron-monger,news-monger, cheese-monger.

Definition 2024


monger

monger

English

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. Short for whoremonger.

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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

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