Monger Definition

mŭnggər, mŏng-
mongers
noun
mongers
A dealer or trader.
Webster's New World
A dealer in a specific commodity. Often used in combination.
An ironmonger.
American Heritage
A person promoting something undesirable or discreditable. Often used in combination.
A scandalmonger; a warmonger.
American Heritage
A small merchant vessel.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
verb
To peddle.
American Heritage
To disseminate, promote, etc., often in a way that is regarded as deceptive or self-serving.
Webster's New World

(UK) To sell or peddle something.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
suffix

A person who sells the specified thing, such as a fishmonger.

Wiktionary

(by extension) A person who spreads or encourages the specified thing; in modern coinages, the thing mongered is usually undesirable and intangible.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Monger

Noun

Singular:
monger
Plural:
mongers

Origin of Monger

  • Old English mangere (“merchant, trader, dealer"), from Proto-Germanic *mangōnÄ…, from Latin mango "dealer, trader", from Greek 'manganon' "contrivance, means of enchantment", from Proto-Indo-European *mang "to embellish, dress, trim"

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English mongere from Old English mangere from Latin mangō dealer in slaves probably of Greek origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Monger Sentence Examples

  • The fact that this fame monger is engaged isn't really news.

  • You can buy cleaned shell fish from your fish monger pr super market.

  • Oh, what a surprise, fame monger Tila Tequila is not pregnant.

  • Incidentally, Casey Johnson was reportedly engaged to media monger Tila Tequila.

  • We can then consider the reality of Jesus a pacifist or a war monger.

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Words Starting With

MMOMON

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RERGER

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