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monger


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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.] 
  1.  A  trader;  a  dealer;  --  now  used  chiefly  in  composition; 
  as  fishmonger,  ironmonger,  newsmonger. 
 
  2.  A  small  merchant  vessel.  [Obs.]  --Blount. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Monger  \Mon"ger\,  v.  t. 
  To  deal  in  to  make  merchandise  of  to  traffic  in  --  used 
  chiefly  of  discreditable  traffic. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  monger 
  n  :  someone  who  purchases  and  maintains  an  inventory  of  goods  to 
  be  sold  [syn:  {trader},  {bargainer},  {dealer}] 
  v  :  sell  or  offer  for  sale  from  place  to  place  [syn:  {peddle},  {huckster}, 
  {hawk},  {vend},  {pitch}] 




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