monger – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
monger
n.
commodity dealer, seller (e.g. fishmonger); person who busily promotes an activity (usually of a harmful nature, e.g. a war-monger)
Monger
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
monger
Noun
1. someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold
(synonym) trader, bargainer, dealer
(hypernym) merchant, merchandiser
(hyponym) art dealer
(derivation) peddle, huckster, hawk, vend, pitch
Verb
1. sell or offer for sale from place to place
(synonym) peddle, huckster, hawk, vend, pitch
(hypernym) deal, sell, trade
(derivation) trader, bargainer, dealer
Monger
(v. t.)
To deal in; to make merchandise of; to traffic in; -- used chiefly of discreditable traffic.
(n.)
A trader; a dealer; -- now used chiefly in composition; as, fishmonger, ironmonger, newsmonger.
(n.)
A small merchant vessel.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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