fishmonger

[fish-muhng-ger, -mong-]

noun Chiefly British.

a dealer in fish, especially for eating.

Origin of fishmonger

First recorded in 1300–50, fishmonger is from the Middle English word fysshmongere. See fish, monger

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Contemporary Examples of fishmonger

Chelsea fishmonger The Lobster Place, which had no power until Friday night, returned to normal business operations on Sunday.
New York’s Sushi Business Comes Back After Hurricane Sandy
Lauren Streib
November 6, 2012

Historical Examples of fishmonger

The fishmonger had lately started on himself and was doing well.
Auld Licht Idylls
J. M. Barrie
The butcher was informed of it when he came, the fishmonger, and the grocer's boy.
Nine Little Goslings
Susan Coolidge
There's not an officer's mess in the army that receives the son of the fishmonger!
The Golden Dog
William Kirby
Still harping on my daughter:—yet he knew me not at first; he said I was a fishmonger.
Hamlet
William Shakespeare
By the time I had shaken off Mrs. Thompson I was almost at the fishmonger's.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 15, 1914
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British Dictionary definitions for fishmonger

fishmonger

noun

mainly British a retailer of fish

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Word Origin and History for fishmonger

mid-15c., from fish (n.) + monger (n.).