monger

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /ˈmʌŋɡɚ/ UK /ˈmʌŋɡə/ See IPA manual

noun verb

Meanings

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noun
a dealer or trader in a specified commodity; to promote something discreditable

He was a fishmonger by trade and a gossip monger by habit.

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1 noun · a dealer or trader in a... dealer trader seller vendor merchant peddler

Word family

Derived forms mongering

Etymology

From Old English mangere ('trader, broker'), from mangian ('to trade'), an early Germanic borrowing of Latin mangō ('dealer, slave-trader').

mangere Old English mangō Latin

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People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives

# monger

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** ˈmʌŋɡɚ
**IPA (UK):** ˈmʌŋɡə

## Meanings
1. a dealer or trader in a specified commodity; to promote something discreditable

## Examples
- He was a fishmonger by trade and a gossip monger by habit.

## Synonyms
- dealer
- trader
- seller
- vendor
- merchant
- peddler

## Derived Forms
- mongering

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: mangere
- Root: mangō

## Etymology
From Old English mangere ('trader, broker'), from mangian ('to trade'), an early Germanic borrowing of Latin mangō ('dealer, slave-trader').

## AI Etymology
Monger comes from Old English mangere ('trader, broker'), from mangian ('to trade'), an early Germanic borrowing of Latin mangō ('dealer, slave-trader'). The etymological trail includes Old English mangere and Latin mangō. As a noun, monger means a dealer or trader in a specified commodity; to promote something discreditable. The same family is visible in derived forms such as mongering.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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