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monger

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Adjective, Noun

HYPHEN

mon=ger

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun monger has 1 sense

monger(n = noun.person) bargainer, dealer, trader - someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold; Array

has particulars: art dealer, barterer, bibliopole, bibliopolist, cheesemonger, barrow-boy, barrow-man, costermonger, cutler, draper, fence, fishmonger, fishwife, horse trader, hardwareman, ironmonger, mercer, seedman, seedsman, slop-seller, slopseller, stamp dealer, stock trader

is a kind of merchandiser, merchant

Derived form verb monger₁

Verb monger has 1 sense

monger(v = verb.possession) hawk, huckster, peddle, pitch, vend - sell or offer for sale from place to place; Array

is one way to deal, sell, trade

Derived form noun monger₁

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

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CIDE DICTIONARY

monger, n. [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.].

A trader; a dealer; -- now used chiefly in composition; as, fishmonger, ironmonger, newsmonger. [1913 Webster]
A small merchant vessel. Blount. [1913 Webster]

monger, v. t.

To deal in; to make merchandise of; to traffic in; -- used chiefly of discreditable traffic. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

monger, n. (usu. in comb.)
1 a dealer or trader (fishmonger; ironmonger).
2 usu. derog. a person who promotes or deals in something specified (warmonger; scaremonger).

Etymology

OE mangere f. mangian to traffic f. Gmc, ult. f. L mango dealer

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THESAURUS

monger

arab, chandler, dealer, distributor, duffer, hawk, hawker, higgler, huckster, importer, jobber, marketer, merchandiser, merchant, middleman, regrater, retail dealer, retail merchant, retailer, shopkeeper, storekeeper, trader, tradesman, tradeswoman, trafficker, vend, vendor, wholesaler

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monger

Merchant

N merchant, trader, dealer, monger, chandler, salesman, changer, regrater, shopkeeper, shopman, tradesman, tradespeople, tradesfolk, retailer, chapman, hawker, huckster, higgler, pedlar, colporteur, cadger, Autolycus, sutler, vivandiere, costerman, costermonger, tallyman, camelot, faker, vintner, money broker, money changer, money lender, cambist, usurer, moneyer, banker, jobber, broker, buyer, seller, bear, bull, concern, firm.

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