monger

[muhng-ger, mong-]

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noun

a person who is involved with something in a petty or contemptible way (usually used in combination): a gossipmonger.

Chiefly British. a dealer in or trader of a commodity (usually used in combination): fishmonger;cheesemonger.

verb (used with object)

to sell; hawk.

Origin of monger

before 1000; Middle English (noun); Old English mangere, equivalent to mang(ian) “to trade, act as a monger” (≪ Latin mangō “salesman”) + -ere -er¹; cognate with Old Norse, Old High German mangari

Related formsmon·ger·ing, noun, adjective

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Related Words for mongering

hawk, solicit, canvas, shove, monger, trade, vend, push, market, huckster

Examples from the Web for mongering

Historical Examples of mongering

Cornelia grew weary and sick of the excitement, the fashionable chatter, the mongering of low gossips.
A Friend of Caesar
William Stearns Davis

British Dictionary definitions for mongering

monger

noun

(in combination except in archaic use) a trader or dealerironmonger

(in combination) a promoter of something unpleasantwarmonger

Derived Formsmongering, noun, adjective

Word Origin for monger

Old English mangere, ultimately from Latin mangō dealer; compare Old High German mangari

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Word Origin and History for mongering

monger

Old English mangere "merchant, trader, broker," from mangian "to traffic, trade," from Proto-Germanic *mangojan (cf. Old Saxon mangon, Old Norse mangri), from Latin mango (genitive mangonis) "dealer, trader, slave-dealer," from a noun derivative of Greek manganon "contrivance, means of enchantment," from PIE root *mang- "to embellish, dress, trim." Used in comb. form in English since at least 12c.; since 16c. chiefly with overtones of petty and disreputable.

monger

1928, from monger (v.). Not considered to be from Old English mangian. Related: Mongered; mongering (1846).