MONGER
Dictionary entry overview: What does monger mean?
• MONGER (noun)
The noun MONGER has 1 sense:
1. someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold
Familiarity information: MONGER used as a noun is very rare.
• MONGER (verb)
The verb MONGER has 1 sense:
1. sell or offer for sale from place to place
Familiarity information: MONGER used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MONGER (noun)
Meaning:
Someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
bargainer; dealer; monger; trader
Hypernyms ("monger" is a kind of...):
merchandiser; merchant (a businessperson engaged in retail trade)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "monger"):
art dealer (a dealer in works of art requiring esthetic evaluation)
stamp dealer (a dealer in stamps (whose customers are stamp collectors))
slop-seller; slopseller (a dealer in cheap ready-made clothing)
seedman; seedsman (a dealer in seeds)
mercer (a dealer in textiles (especially silks))
hardwareman; ironmonger (someone who sells hardware)
horse trader (a hard bargainer)
fishmonger; fishwife (someone who sells fish)
fence (a dealer in stolen property)
draper (a dealer in fabrics and sewing materials (and sometimes in clothing and drygoods))
cutler (a dealer in cutlery)
barrow-boy; barrow-man; costermonger (a hawker of fruit and vegetables from a barrow)
cheesemonger (someone who sells cheese)
bibliopole; bibliopolist (a dealer in secondhand books (especially rare or curious books))
barterer (a trader who exchanges goods and not money)
stock trader (someone who buys and sells stock shares)
• MONGER (verb)
Meaning:
Sell or offer for sale from place to place
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
peddle; monger; huckster; hawk; vend; pitch
Hypernyms (to "monger" is one way to...):
deal; sell; trade (do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
