Crossword clues for monger
monger
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Monger \Mon"ger\, n. [AS. mangere, fr. mangian to trade; akin to Icel. manga to trade, mangari a trader, OHG. mangari, mengari; cf. L. mango a dealer in slaves.]
A trader; a dealer; -- now used chiefly in composition; as, fishmonger, ironmonger, newsmonger.
A small merchant vessel. [Obs.]
--Blount.
Monger \Mon"ger\, v. t. To deal in; to make merchandise of; to traffic in; -- used chiefly of discreditable traffic.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Old English mangere "merchant, trader, broker," from mangian "to traffic, trade," from Proto-Germanic *mangojan (cognates: Old Saxon mangon, Old Norse mangari "monger, higgler"), from Latin mango (genitive mangonis) "dealer, trader, slave-dealer," related to mangonium "displaying of wares." Not in Watkins, but Buck (with Tucker) describes it as "one who adorns his wares to give them an appearance of greater value" and writes it is probably a loan-word based on Greek manganon "means of charming or bewitching." Used in comb. form in English since at least 12c.; since 16c. chiefly with overtones of petty and disreputable.
1928, from monger (n.). Not considered to be from Old English mangian. Related: Mongered; mongering (1846).
Wiktionary
n. 1 A dealer in a specific commodity, normally used in combination 2 A person promoting something undesirable, always used in combination 3 A small merchant vessel. vb. (context transitive British English) To sell or peddle something
WordNet
Wikipedia
A monger is a merchant dealer or trader (as opposed to a pedlar, who is a traveling vendor of goods). With respect to professions, the term is applied as a suffix (especially in the UK) to specify someone who deals in a particular kind of good; e.g.:
- Ironmonger: originally a manufacturer or otherwise supplier of iron goods (see: Ironmongery); now generalized to other metals and other household hardware
- Fishmonger: a fresh seafood wholesaler or retailer
- Costermonger: a (frequently non-established) seller of fresh fruit and vegetables
- Cheesemonger: colloquially, a specialist seller of cheese
- Fearmongering, spreading fear to attain a goal
Monger may also refer to:
Monger is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Adrian Monger (born 1932), Australian Olympic rower
- Christopher Monger (born 1950), Welsh film director
- Frederick Monger (1863–1919), Australian politician
- George Monger (1840–1887), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
- James Monger (21st century), Canadian geologist
- John Monger (1831–1892), Australian politician
Usage examples of "monger".
Eaton may have had his moment of private fun, but he would reveal the man for what he was, a power monger who was using Shayla as a pawn.
To either side of the road, a thin colonnade of mongers hawked their wares, hoping to profit from vagrant hungers.
The last thing I want is for Shane or Paula to become topics for the gossip mongers in this family, and we all know there are a few who would love to tittle-tattle, perhaps blow this matter out of proportion.
Leaving the quay, he threaded his way through the narrow streets, up Pilgrim Street, past the inns, the flax dressers, the cheese mongers and the open fronted shops until he came to the corner of New Bridge Street, where three cabs stood waiting for hire.
Christian Scientists, psycho-analysts, electronic vibration diviners, therapeutists of all schools registered and unregistered, astrologers, astronomers who tell us that the sun is nearly a hundred million miles away and the Betelgeuse is ten times as big as the whole universe, physicists who balance Betelgeuse by describing the incredible smallness of the atom, and a host of other marvel mongers whose credulity would have dissolved the Middle Ages in a roar of sceptical merriment.
The last thing I want is for Shane or Paula to become topics for the gossip mongers in this family, and we all know there are a few who would love to tittle-tattle, perhaps blow this matter out of proportion.
Christian Scientists, psycho-analysts, electronic vibration diviners, therapeutists of all schools registered and unregistered, astrologers, astronomers who tell us that the sun is nearly a hundred million miles away and the Betelgeuse is ten times as big as the whole universe, physicists who balance Betelgeuse by describing the incredible smallness of the atom, and a host of other marvel mongers whose credulity would have dissolved the Middle Ages in a roar of sceptical merriment.
Already 'tis possible to walk the streets of New-York, passing among Buskers and Mongers, from one street-air to the next, and whistle along, and never have to change Key from B flat major.
Any number of devout enthusiasts, annual Stonehenge and Ave-bury Pilgrims, Quacks, Mongers, Bedlamites, each has his tale of real flights over the countryside, above these Ley-lines.
The fact has been highly publicized by the sensation mongers of Earth and Ganymede and a great deal of sentiment has been driveled about the unfortunate intelligences who are irrevocably surface-bound, and must forever stare into the Universe without, watching, watching, wondering, and never attaining.
A raised eyebrow or two at this unruly coffle, but what did one expect of map-faces and those who mongered them?
Sidwell, ever the rumor monger, said that two nightwatch blues had bet their cars, and the station commander, Captain Harwell, was holding the pink slips until after the fight.
Quite quickly after that the subrosa drumbeats faded into obscurity and the gossip mongers of Foggy Bottom turned to fresher, juicier items to slice and dice in their mean-spirited way.