# monger
## English
### 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”).

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈmʌŋ.ɡə(ɹ)/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) IPA: /ˈmʌŋ.ɡəɹ/, /ˈmɑŋ.ɡəɹ/
* Rhymes: -ʌŋɡə(ɹ)

### Noun

monger (plural mongers)
* (chiefly in combination) A dealer in a specific commodity.
    Hyponyms: costermonger, fishmonger, ironmonger
** c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii], lines 369-72:If I could meet that fancy-monger, I would give him some good counsel, for he seems to have the quotidian of love upon him.
** 2005, Los Angeles Magazine, volume 50, number 11, page 111:For the freshest wild catch, ask your monger when the fish are running.
* (in combination) A person promoting something undesirable.
    Hyponyms: warmonger, sleazemonger, scaremonger
* A small sea vessel.
** 1790, Wilson Lt. Robert (RN), The Seaman's Manual
    monger: a small sea-vessel used by fishermen.
* Clipping of whoremonger.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:prostitute's client

#### Derived terms

* airmonger
* alemonger
* apple-monger, applemonger
* ballad-monger, balladmonger
* barbermonger
* beermonger
* bloodmonger
* bookmonger
* boroughmonger
* breadmonger
* buttermonger
* caremonger
* carpet-monger, carpetmonger
* ceremony-monger
* cheesemonger
* coalmonger
* cockmonger
* corn-monger, cornmonger
* costardmonger
* costermonger
* deathmonger
* defeatmonger
* dictionary-monger
* doom-monger
* doubtmonger
* dramamonger
* eirmonger
* fablemonger
* fadmonger
* fancymonger
* fashion-monger, fashionmonger
* fearmonger
* feathermonger
* fellmonger
* feltmonger
* fictionmonger
* filthmonger
* fishmonger
* flashmonger
* fleshmonger
* flour-monger, flourmonger
* foodmonger
* foolmonger
* fruitmonger
* garlicmonger
* ghostmonger
* gospelmonger
* gossipmonger
* grievance-monger
* hairmonger
* hatemonger
* haymonger
* hopemonger
* horrormonger
* horsemonger
* hypemonger
* ideamonger
* ironmonger
* ironmongery
* jestmonger
* jobmonger
* landmonger
* lawmonger
* lease-monger
* leasemonger
* Lightmonger
* lightmonger
* loanmonger
* lovemonger
* mass-monger
* maxim-monger
* meal-monger, mealmonger
* merit-monger, meritmonger
* metalmonger
* miraclemonger
* miracle-monger
* moneymonger
* money-monger
* mongeress
* mongering
* mongery
* muck-monger
* murdermonger
* musicmonger
* mutton-monger, muttonmonger
* mystery-monger
* newsmonger
* newsmongering
* noisemonger
* nostrum-monger
* panic-monger, panicmonger
* pardon-monger, pardonmonger
* peacemonger
* pearmonger
* peltmonger
* phrase-monger, phrasemonger
* place-monger, placemonger
* pleasuremonger
* poisonmonger
* powermonger
* prayer-monger
* profit monger, profitmonger
* prophecy-monger
* pupil-monger
* pussymonger
* questmonger
* race-monger
* relic-monger, relicmonger
* rule-monger, rulemonger
* rumormonger, rumourmonger
* saltmonger
* scandal-monger, scandalmonger
* scaremonger
* scrapmonger
* secretmonger
* sexmonger
* shitmonger
* slavemonger
* sleazemonger
* smutmonger
* soapmonger
* species-monger
* spellmonger
* spoilsmonger
* starmonger
* statemonger, statesmonger
* stockfishmonger
* storymonger
* system-monger
* talemonger
* timbermonger
* troublemonger
* trouble-monger
* twaddlemonger
* versemonger
* warmonger
* watermonger
* wealthmonger
* whoremonger
* winemonger
* wiremonger
* witchmonger
* witmonger
* wit-monger
* wondermonger
* woodmonger
* woolmonger
* woo-monger
* wordmonger

#### Translations
### Verb

monger (third-person singular simple present mongers, present participle mongering, simple past and past participle mongered)
* (transitive, British) To sell or peddle something.
* (transitive) To promote something undesirable.
** 2019 April 25, Samanth Subramanian, “Hand dryers v paper towels: the surprisingly dirty fight for the right to dry your hands”, in The Guardian‎:Once these fears have been mongered, their spread is irresistible.

#### Derived terms

* mongerer

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* morgen