monger
To deal in, peddle, or sellTo deal in, peddle, or sell (something).
» Off with the head of duplicate-mongers.
sacredceltic · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(transitive)To deal in, peddle, or sell (something).
sell or offer for sale from place to place
(figuratively, transitive)To promote (something, especially an undesirable thing); to peddle.
Examples
4 sentencesOff with the head of duplicate-mongers.
To be overwise is to ossify; and the scruple-monger ends by standing stockstill.
On the pavement below, a foot passer might squeeze by a costard monger’s cart, but two carts abreast could not pass.
Radical Zionists like fear-mongering.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
The noun is derived from Middle English mongere, mangere (“dealer, merchant, trader”), froThe noun is derived from Middle English mongere, mangere (“dealer, merchant, trader”), from Old English mangere (“dealer, merchant, trader”), from Proto-West Germanic *mangārī (“dealer, merchant, monger”), from Latin mangō (“dealer, trader”) + Proto-West Germanic *-ārī (suffix forming agent nouns, especially denoting occupations). The further etymology of mangō is uncertain; the following possibilities have been suggested:
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Forms
mongers, mongering, mongered, mongeredSynonyms
6 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle