monger
Meanings
Plural: mongers
Noun
- someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold
- A dealer in a specific commodity.
- A person promoting something undesirable.
- A small sea vessel.
- Clipping of whoremonger.
Verb
- sell or offer for sale from place to place
- To sell or peddle something.
- To promote something undesirable.
Origin / Etymology
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”).
Synonyms
all-nighter, bargainer, curb crawler, dealer, fare, gonk, hawk, huckster, jane, Jane, jockey, john, kerb crawler, monger, muttonmonger, peddle, pitch, punter, score, short-timer, steamer, trader, trick, vend, wapping cove, whoremaster, whoremonger
Scrabble Score: 9
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