"fishmonger" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfɪʃˌmʌŋɡ.ə(ɹ)/ [UK] Audio: en-au-fishmonger.ogg [Australia] Forms: fishmongers [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English fisshemonger; equivalent to fish + monger. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fisshemonger}} Middle English fisshemonger, {{compound|en|fish|monger}} fish + monger Head templates: {{en-noun}} fishmonger (plural fishmongers)
  1. (British) A person who sells fish. Tags: British Categories (topical): Occupations, People Synonyms: fishman, ichthyopolist [formal, rare] Hyponyms (person who sells fish): fishmongeress (alt: fishmongress) [feminine] Translations (person who sells fish): سَمَّاك (sammāk) [masculine] (Arabic), بَائِع سَمَك (bāʔiʕ samak) [masculine] (Arabic), سماك (sammāk) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), pescatero (Aragonese), ձկնավաճառ (jknavačaṙ) (Armenian), балыҡ һатыусы (balıq hatıwsı) (Bashkir), arrain-saltzaile (Basque), гандля́р ры́бай (handljár rýbaj) [masculine] (Belarusian), peixater (Catalan), 魚商 (Chinese Mandarin), 鱼商 (yúshāng) (Chinese Mandarin), 魚販子 (Chinese Mandarin), 鱼贩子 (yúfànzi) (Chinese Mandarin), 魚販 (Chinese Mandarin), 鱼贩 (yúfàn) (Chinese Mandarin), fiskehandler [common-gender] (Danish), fiskemand [common-gender] (Danish), vishandelaar [masculine] (Dutch), visboer [masculine] (Dutch), visverkoper [masculine] (Dutch), kalakaupmees (Estonian), fiskahandlari [masculine] (Faroese), kalakauppias (Finnish), poissonnier [masculine] (French), poissonnière [feminine] (French), marchand de poisson [masculine] (French), pessâr [masculine] (Friulian), peixeiro (Galician), Fischhändler [masculine] (German), Fischhändlerin [feminine] (German), Fischverkäufer [masculine] (German), Fischverkäuferin [feminine] (German), ιχθυοπώλης (ichthyopólis) [masculine] (Greek), pwasonye (Haitian Creole), ceannaí éisc [masculine] (Irish), pescivendolo [masculine] (Italian), pescivendola [feminine] (Italian), 魚屋 (sakanaya) (english: person or store) (alt: さかなや) (Japanese), 생선 장수 (saengseon jangsu) (Korean), balukchí [Roman, masculine] (Ladino), bolonae [masculine, plural] (Latin), paîssonnyi [masculine] (Norman), masîfiroş [feminine, masculine] (Northern Kurdish), fiskehandler [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), fiskehandlar [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), بالقجی (balıkcı) (Ottoman Turkish), ماهیفروش (mâhi-foruš) (Persian), sprzedawca ryb [masculine] (Polish), peixeiro [masculine] (Portuguese), peixeira [feminine] (Portuguese), negustor de pește [masculine] (Romanian), pescar [masculine] (Romanian), рыботорго́вец (rybotorgóvec) [masculine] (Russian), торго́вец ры́бой (torgóvec rýboj) [masculine] (Russian), pescadero [masculine] (Spanish), pescadera [feminine] (Spanish), fiskhandlare [common-gender] (Swedish), คนขายปลา (kon kǎai bplaa) (Thai), balıkçı (Turkish), торго́вець ри́бою (torhóvecʹ rýboju) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ngưởi bán cá (Vietnamese), fitatedan [feminine, masculine] (Volapük), fitahitedan [masculine] (Volapük), fitajitedan [feminine] (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-fishmonger-en-noun-v1x6TVaZ Disambiguation of Occupations: 84 13 2 Disambiguation of People: 86 14 0 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 30 1 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 75 24 1 Disambiguation of 'person who sells fish': 81 19 0 Disambiguation of 'person who sells fish': 81 19 0
  2. (British, rare) A shop that sells fish; a fishmonger's shop, a fishmonger's. Tags: British, rare
    Sense id: en-fishmonger-en-noun-ANqD-M0L Categories (other): British English
  3. (figurative, archaic) A pimp. Tags: archaic, figuratively
    Sense id: en-fishmonger-en-noun-BVx8Ci9A
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: fishwife, fishwoman, piscatrix [historical]

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "person who sells fish",
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          "lang": "Greek",
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          "sense": "person who sells fish",
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          "alt": "さかなや",
          "code": "ja",
          "english": "person or store",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "sakanaya",
          "sense": "person who sells fish",
          "word": "魚屋"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "saengseon jangsu",
          "sense": "person who sells fish",
          "word": "생선 장수"
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          "sense": "person who sells fish",
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          "sense": "person who sells fish",
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          "sense": "person who sells fish",
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          "word": "paîssonnyi"
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          "sense": "person who sells fish",
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          "sense": "person who sells fish",
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          "code": "ota",
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          "sense": "person who sells fish",
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          "sense": "person who sells fish",
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      "sense": "person who sells fish",
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      "sense": "person who sells fish",
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      "sense": "person who sells fish",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "гандля́р ры́бай"
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      "sense": "person who sells fish",
      "word": "peixater"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "person who sells fish",
      "word": "魚商"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yúshāng",
      "sense": "person who sells fish",
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "person who sells fish",
      "word": "魚販子"
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    {
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      "sense": "person who sells fish",
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      "sense": "person who sells fish",
      "word": "魚販"
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      "sense": "person who sells fish",
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      "sense": "person who sells fish",
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      "sense": "person who sells fish",
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person who sells fish",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "poissonnier"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person who sells fish",
      "tags": [
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person who sells fish",
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      "sense": "person who sells fish",
      "tags": [
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      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "person who sells fish",
      "word": "peixeiro"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person who sells fish",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Fischhändler"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person who sells fish",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Fischhändlerin"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person who sells fish",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Fischverkäufer"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person who sells fish",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Fischverkäuferin"
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      "sense": "person who sells fish",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ceannaí éisc"
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      "sense": "person who sells fish",
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      "word": "pescivendolo"
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      "sense": "person who sells fish",
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      "sense": "person who sells fish",
      "word": "魚屋"
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      "roman": "saengseon jangsu",
      "sense": "person who sells fish",
      "word": "생선 장수"
    },
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      "code": "kmr",
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      "sense": "person who sells fish",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "person who sells fish",
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      "sense": "person who sells fish",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "paîssonnyi"
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      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "person who sells fish",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "fiskehandler"
    },
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      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "person who sells fish",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "fiskehandlar"
    },
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      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "balıkcı",
      "sense": "person who sells fish",
      "word": "بالقجی"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "mâhi-foruš",
      "sense": "person who sells fish",
      "word": "ماهیفروش"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person who sells fish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sprzedawca ryb"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person who sells fish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "peixeiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person who sells fish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "peixeira"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "person who sells fish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "negustor de pește"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "person who sells fish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pescar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rybotorgóvec",
      "sense": "person who sells fish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "рыботорго́вец"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "torgóvec rýboj",
      "sense": "person who sells fish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "торго́вец ры́бой"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person who sells fish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pescadero"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person who sells fish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pescadera"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person who sells fish",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "fiskhandlare"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "kon kǎai bplaa",
      "sense": "person who sells fish",
      "word": "คนขายปลา"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "person who sells fish",
      "word": "balıkçı"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "torhóvecʹ rýboju",
      "sense": "person who sells fish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "торго́вець ри́бою"
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    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "person who sells fish",
      "word": "ngưởi bán cá"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "person who sells fish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
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      "word": "fitatedan"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "person who sells fish",
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      "word": "fitahitedan"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "person who sells fish",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "fitajitedan"
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  "word": "fishmonger"
}

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