2 entries under this word

Monger

Mȯn'ġer, n.

noun

(mŭng'ġer), n. [A-S. mangere, from mangian, to trade, Icel. mânga; Icel. mângari, O. H. Ger. mangari, mengari, O. L. Ger. mengere, O. D. mangher, mengher, allied to Lat. mango.]

Sense 1. A trader; a dealer; — now used only or chiefly in composition; as, fish-monger, iron-monger, news-monger, cheese-monger.

Sense 2. A small merchant vessel. [Obs.] Blount.

Mȯn'ġer, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. To deal in; to make merchandise of; to traffic in; — used chiefly in composition, with its object, and often in an ill sense, as implying a petty and discreditable traffic, or a trading in things which should not be made merchandise of. “The folly of all motive-mongering.” Coleridge.