"monger" meaning in English

See monger in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈmʌŋ.ɡə(ɹ)/ [UK], /ˈmʌŋ.ɡəɹ/ [US], /ˈmɑŋ.ɡəɹ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-monger.wav Forms: mongers [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌŋɡə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English mongere, mangere, from Old English mangere (“merchant, trader, dealer”), from Proto-West Germanic *mangārī, from Latin mangō (“dealer, trader”), perhaps from Ancient Greek μάγγανον (mánganon, “contrivance, means of enchantment”), from Proto-Indo-European *mang- (“to embellish, dress, trim”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|mongere}} Middle English mongere, {{inh|en|ang|mangere|t=merchant, trader, dealer}} Old English mangere (“merchant, trader, dealer”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*mangārī}} Proto-West Germanic *mangārī, {{der|en|la|mangō|t=dealer, trader}} Latin mangō (“dealer, trader”), {{der|en|grc|μάγγανον|t=contrivance, means of enchantment}} Ancient Greek μάγγανον (mánganon, “contrivance, means of enchantment”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*mang-|t=to embellish, dress, trim}} Proto-Indo-European *mang- (“to embellish, dress, trim”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} monger (plural mongers)
  1. (chiefly in combination) A dealer in a specific commodity. Tags: in-compounds Categories (topical): People Translations (dealer): mercader [masculine] (Catalan), mercadera [feminine] (Catalan), 贩子 (fànzi) [Mandarin] (Chinese), handelaar [masculine] (Dutch), marchand [masculine] (French), Krämer [masculine] (German), Händler [masculine] (German), Verkäufer [masculine] (German), mangaire [masculine] (Irish), ceannaí [masculine] (Irish), venditore [masculine] (Italian), mangō [masculine] (Latin), mercador (Portuguese), mercader [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), månglare [common-gender] (Swedish), tüccar (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-monger-en-noun-8hTOTYG0 Disambiguation of People: 79 1 0 15 5 1 Disambiguation of 'dealer': 89 7 0 4
  2. (in combination) A person promoting something undesirable. Tags: in-compounds Categories (topical): Occupations
    Sense id: en-monger-en-noun-PUzdp9l5 Disambiguation of Occupations: 32 57 1 7 2 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 40 1 26 16 13 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 3 56 3 13 13 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 58 2 14 9 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 75 2 8 7 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 8 54 3 10 17 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 3 60 3 11 12 11 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 2 60 2 12 11 12 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 3 64 3 11 9 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 8 53 3 10 18 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 2 69 2 9 9 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 2 69 2 9 9 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 2 69 2 9 9 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 8 46 2 12 21 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 7 65 2 8 12 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 1 74 1 8 8 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 7 56 2 10 17 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 7 56 2 10 17 8
  3. A small sea vessel.
    Sense id: en-monger-en-noun-h94SnDfw
  4. Clipping of whoremonger. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Alternative form of: whoremonger Synonyms: prostitute's client
    Sense id: en-monger-en-noun-IOegxY6~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: airmonger, alemonger, apple-monger, applemonger, ballad-monger, balladmonger, barbermonger, beermonger, bloodmonger, bookmonger, boroughmonger, breadmonger, buttermonger, caremonger, carpet-monger, carpetmonger, ceremony-monger, cheesemonger, coalmonger, cockmonger, corn-monger, cornmonger, costardmonger, costermonger, deathmonger, defeatmonger, dictionary-monger, doom-monger, doubtmonger, dramamonger, eirmonger, fablemonger, fadmonger, fancymonger, fashion-monger, fashionmonger, fearmonger, feathermonger, fellmonger, feltmonger, fictionmonger, filthmonger, fishmonger, flashmonger, fleshmonger, flour-monger, flourmonger, foodmonger, foolmonger, fruitmonger, garlicmonger, ghostmonger, gospelmonger, gossipmonger, grievance-monger, hairmonger, hatemonger, haymonger, hopemonger, horrormonger, horsemonger, hypemonger, ideamonger, ironmonger, ironmongery, jestmonger, jobmonger, landmonger, lawmonger, lease-monger, leasemonger, Lightmonger, lightmonger, loanmonger, lovemonger, mass-monger, maxim-monger, meal-monger, mealmonger, merit-monger, meritmonger, metalmonger, miraclemonger, miracle-monger, moneymonger, money-monger, mongeress, mongering, mongery, muck-monger, murdermonger, musicmonger, mutton-monger, muttonmonger, mystery-monger, newsmonger, newsmongering, noisemonger, nostrum-monger, panic-monger, panicmonger, pardon-monger, pardonmonger, peacemonger, pearmonger, peltmonger, phrase-monger, phrasemonger, place-monger, placemonger, pleasuremonger, poisonmonger, powermonger, prayer-monger, profit monger, profitmonger, prophecy-monger, pupil-monger, pussymonger, questmonger, race-monger, relic-monger, relicmonger, rule-monger, rulemonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger, saltmonger, scandal-monger, scandalmonger, scaremonger, scrapmonger, secretmonger, sexmonger, shitmonger, slavemonger, sleazemonger, smutmonger, soapmonger, species-monger, spellmonger, spoilsmonger, starmonger, statemonger, statesmonger, stockfishmonger, storymonger, system-monger, talemonger, timbermonger, troublemonger, trouble-monger, twaddlemonger, versemonger, warmonger, watermonger, wealthmonger, whoremonger, winemonger, wiremonger, witchmonger, witmonger, wit-monger, wondermonger, woodmonger, woolmonger, woo-monger, wordmonger

Verb

IPA: /ˈmʌŋ.ɡə(ɹ)/ [UK], /ˈmʌŋ.ɡəɹ/ [US], /ˈmɑŋ.ɡəɹ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-monger.wav Forms: mongers [present, singular, third-person], mongering [participle, present], mongered [participle, past], mongered [past]
Rhymes: -ʌŋɡə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English mongere, mangere, from Old English mangere (“merchant, trader, dealer”), from Proto-West Germanic *mangārī, from Latin mangō (“dealer, trader”), perhaps from Ancient Greek μάγγανον (mánganon, “contrivance, means of enchantment”), from Proto-Indo-European *mang- (“to embellish, dress, trim”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|mongere}} Middle English mongere, {{inh|en|ang|mangere|t=merchant, trader, dealer}} Old English mangere (“merchant, trader, dealer”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*mangārī}} Proto-West Germanic *mangārī, {{der|en|la|mangō|t=dealer, trader}} Latin mangō (“dealer, trader”), {{der|en|grc|μάγγανον|t=contrivance, means of enchantment}} Ancient Greek μάγγανον (mánganon, “contrivance, means of enchantment”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*mang-|t=to embellish, dress, trim}} Proto-Indo-European *mang- (“to embellish, dress, trim”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} monger (third-person singular simple present mongers, present participle mongering, simple past and past participle mongered)
  1. (transitive, British) To sell or peddle something. Tags: British, transitive Translations (sell): mångla (Swedish), kränga (Swedish), sälja (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-monger-en-verb-Zmi0aWDO Categories (other): British English Disambiguation of 'sell': 91 9
  2. (transitive) To promote something undesirable. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-monger-en-verb-YmZoh-mE
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mongerer

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "airmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "alemonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "apple-monger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "applemonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ballad-monger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "balladmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "barbermonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "beermonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bloodmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bookmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "boroughmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "breadmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "buttermonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "caremonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "carpet-monger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "carpetmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ceremony-monger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cheesemonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coalmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cockmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "corn-monger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cornmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "costardmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "costermonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "deathmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "defeatmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "dictionary-monger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "doom-monger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "doubtmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "dramamonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "eirmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fablemonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fadmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fancymonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fashion-monger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fashionmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fearmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "feathermonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fellmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "feltmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fictionmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "filthmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fishmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "flashmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fleshmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "flour-monger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "flourmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "foodmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "foolmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fruitmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "garlicmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ghostmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "gospelmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "gossipmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "grievance-monger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "hairmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "hatemonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "haymonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "hopemonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "horrormonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "horsemonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "hypemonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ideamonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ironmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ironmongery"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "jestmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "jobmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "landmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "lawmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "lease-monger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "leasemonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Lightmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "lightmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "loanmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "lovemonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mass-monger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "maxim-monger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "meal-monger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mealmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "merit-monger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "meritmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "metalmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "miraclemonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "miracle-monger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "moneymonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "money-monger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mongeress"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mongering"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mongery"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "muck-monger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "murdermonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "musicmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mutton-monger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "muttonmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mystery-monger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "newsmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "newsmongering"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "noisemonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "nostrum-monger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "panic-monger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "panicmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "pardon-monger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "pardonmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "peacemonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "pearmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "peltmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "phrase-monger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "phrasemonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "place-monger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "placemonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "pleasuremonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "poisonmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "powermonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prayer-monger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "profit monger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "profitmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prophecy-monger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "pupil-monger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "pussymonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "questmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "race-monger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "relic-monger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "relicmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "rule-monger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "rulemonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "rumormonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "rumourmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "saltmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "scandal-monger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "scandalmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "scaremonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "scrapmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "secretmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sexmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "shitmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "slavemonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sleazemonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "smutmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "soapmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "species-monger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "spellmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "spoilsmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "starmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "statemonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "statesmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "stockfishmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "storymonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "system-monger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "talemonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "timbermonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "troublemonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "trouble-monger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "twaddlemonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "versemonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "warmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "watermonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "wealthmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "whoremonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "winemonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "wiremonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "witchmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "witmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "wit-monger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "wondermonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "woodmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "woolmonger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "woo-monger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "wordmonger"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "mongere"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English mongere",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "mangere",
        "t": "merchant, trader, dealer"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English mangere (“merchant, trader, dealer”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*mangārī"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *mangārī",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "mangō",
        "t": "dealer, trader"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin mangō (“dealer, trader”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "μάγγανον",
        "t": "contrivance, means of enchantment"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek μάγγανον (mánganon, “contrivance, means of enchantment”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*mang-",
        "t": "to embellish, dress, trim"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *mang- (“to embellish, dress, trim”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English mongere, mangere, from Old English mangere (“merchant, trader, dealer”), from Proto-West Germanic *mangārī, from Latin mangō (“dealer, trader”), perhaps from Ancient Greek μάγγανον (mánganon, “contrivance, means of enchantment”), from Proto-Indo-European *mang- (“to embellish, dress, trim”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mongers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "monger (plural mongers)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "79 1 0 15 5 1",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "en:People",
          "parents": [
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii], lines 369-72:",
          "text": "If I could meet\nthat fancy-monger, I would give him some good\ncounsel, for he seems to have the quotidian of love\nupon him.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, Los Angeles Magazine, volume 50, number 11, page 111:",
          "text": "For the freshest wild catch, ask your monger when the fish are running.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A dealer in a specific commodity."
      ],
      "id": "en-monger-en-noun-8hTOTYG0",
      "links": [
        [
          "dealer",
          "dealer"
        ],
        [
          "specific",
          "specific"
        ],
        [
          "commodity",
          "commodity"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly in combination) A dealer in a specific commodity."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "89 7 0 4",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "dealer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "mercader"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 7 0 4",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "dealer",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "mercadera"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 7 0 4",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "roman": "fànzi",
          "sense": "dealer",
          "tags": [
            "Mandarin"
          ],
          "word": "贩子"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 7 0 4",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "dealer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "handelaar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 7 0 4",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "dealer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "marchand"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 7 0 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "dealer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Krämer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 7 0 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "dealer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Händler"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 7 0 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "dealer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Verkäufer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 7 0 4",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "dealer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "mangaire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 7 0 4",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "dealer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ceannaí"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 7 0 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "dealer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "venditore"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 7 0 4",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "note": "屋 (や, ya (as a suffix))",
          "sense": "dealer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 7 0 4",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "dealer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "mangō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 7 0 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "dealer",
          "word": "mercador"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 7 0 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "dealer",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "mercader"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 7 0 4",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "dealer",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "månglare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 7 0 4",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "dealer",
          "word": "tüccar"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "4 40 1 26 16 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 56 3 13 13 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 58 2 14 9 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 75 2 8 7 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 54 3 10 17 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Catalan translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 60 3 11 12 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Dutch translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 60 2 12 11 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with French translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 64 3 11 9 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with German translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 53 3 10 18 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Irish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 69 2 9 9 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Italian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 69 2 9 9 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Japanese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 69 2 9 9 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Latin translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 46 2 12 21 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 65 2 8 12 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 74 1 8 8 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 56 2 10 17 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Swedish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 56 2 10 17 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Turkish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 57 1 7 2 1",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Occupations",
          "orig": "en:Occupations",
          "parents": [
            "People",
            "Work",
            "Human",
            "Human activity",
            "All topics",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person promoting something undesirable."
      ],
      "id": "en-monger-en-noun-PUzdp9l5",
      "links": [
        [
          "promoting",
          "promoting"
        ],
        [
          "undesirable",
          "undesirable"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in combination) A person promoting something undesirable."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "1790, Wilson Lt. Robert (RN), The Seaman's Manual\nmonger: a small sea-vessel used by fishermen."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A small sea vessel."
      ],
      "id": "en-monger-en-noun-h94SnDfw"
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "whoremonger"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "Clipping of whoremonger."
      ],
      "id": "en-monger-en-noun-IOegxY6~",
      "links": [
        [
          "whoremonger",
          "whoremonger#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "prostitute's client"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "clipping"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmʌŋ.ɡə(ɹ)/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-monger.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-monger.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-monger.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-monger.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-monger.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmʌŋ.ɡəɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɑŋ.ɡəɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌŋɡə(ɹ)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "monger"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "mongerer"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "mongere"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English mongere",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "mangere",
        "t": "merchant, trader, dealer"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English mangere (“merchant, trader, dealer”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*mangārī"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *mangārī",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "mangō",
        "t": "dealer, trader"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin mangō (“dealer, trader”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "μάγγανον",
        "t": "contrivance, means of enchantment"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek μάγγανον (mánganon, “contrivance, means of enchantment”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*mang-",
        "t": "to embellish, dress, trim"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *mang- (“to embellish, dress, trim”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English mongere, mangere, from Old English mangere (“merchant, trader, dealer”), from Proto-West Germanic *mangārī, from Latin mangō (“dealer, trader”), perhaps from Ancient Greek μάγγανον (mánganon, “contrivance, means of enchantment”), from Proto-Indo-European *mang- (“to embellish, dress, trim”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mongers",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mongering",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mongered",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mongered",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "monger (third-person singular simple present mongers, present participle mongering, simple past and past participle mongered)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "British English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To sell or peddle something."
      ],
      "id": "en-monger-en-verb-Zmi0aWDO",
      "links": [
        [
          "sell",
          "sell"
        ],
        [
          "peddle",
          "peddle"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, British) To sell or peddle something."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "British",
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "sell",
          "word": "mångla"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "sell",
          "word": "kränga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "sell",
          "word": "sälja"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2019 April 25, Samanth Subramanian, “Hand dryers v paper towels: the surprisingly dirty fight for the right to dry your hands”, in The Guardian:",
          "text": "Once these fears have been mongered, their spread is irresistible.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To promote something undesirable."
      ],
      "id": "en-monger-en-verb-YmZoh-mE",
      "links": [
        [
          "promote",
          "promote"
        ],
        [
          "undesirable",
          "undesirable"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To promote something undesirable."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmʌŋ.ɡə(ɹ)/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-monger.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-monger.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-monger.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-monger.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-monger.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmʌŋ.ɡəɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɑŋ.ɡəɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌŋɡə(ɹ)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "monger"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English verbs",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌŋɡə(ɹ)",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌŋɡə(ɹ)/2 syllables",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
    "en:Occupations",
    "en:People"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "airmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "alemonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "apple-monger"
    },
    {
      "word": "applemonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "ballad-monger"
    },
    {
      "word": "balladmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "barbermonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "beermonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "bloodmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "bookmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "boroughmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "breadmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "buttermonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "caremonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "carpet-monger"
    },
    {
      "word": "carpetmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "ceremony-monger"
    },
    {
      "word": "cheesemonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "coalmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "cockmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "corn-monger"
    },
    {
      "word": "cornmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "costardmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "costermonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "deathmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "defeatmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "dictionary-monger"
    },
    {
      "word": "doom-monger"
    },
    {
      "word": "doubtmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "dramamonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "eirmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "fablemonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "fadmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "fancymonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "fashion-monger"
    },
    {
      "word": "fashionmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "fearmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "feathermonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "fellmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "feltmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "fictionmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "filthmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "fishmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "flashmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "fleshmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "flour-monger"
    },
    {
      "word": "flourmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "foodmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "foolmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "fruitmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "garlicmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "ghostmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "gospelmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "gossipmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "grievance-monger"
    },
    {
      "word": "hairmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "hatemonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "haymonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "hopemonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "horrormonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "horsemonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "hypemonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "ideamonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "ironmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "ironmongery"
    },
    {
      "word": "jestmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "jobmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "landmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "lawmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "lease-monger"
    },
    {
      "word": "leasemonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "Lightmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "lightmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "loanmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "lovemonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "mass-monger"
    },
    {
      "word": "maxim-monger"
    },
    {
      "word": "meal-monger"
    },
    {
      "word": "mealmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "merit-monger"
    },
    {
      "word": "meritmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "metalmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "miraclemonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "miracle-monger"
    },
    {
      "word": "moneymonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "money-monger"
    },
    {
      "word": "mongeress"
    },
    {
      "word": "mongering"
    },
    {
      "word": "mongery"
    },
    {
      "word": "muck-monger"
    },
    {
      "word": "murdermonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "musicmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "mutton-monger"
    },
    {
      "word": "muttonmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "mystery-monger"
    },
    {
      "word": "newsmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "newsmongering"
    },
    {
      "word": "noisemonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "nostrum-monger"
    },
    {
      "word": "panic-monger"
    },
    {
      "word": "panicmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "pardon-monger"
    },
    {
      "word": "pardonmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "peacemonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "pearmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "peltmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "phrase-monger"
    },
    {
      "word": "phrasemonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "place-monger"
    },
    {
      "word": "placemonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "pleasuremonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "poisonmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "powermonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "prayer-monger"
    },
    {
      "word": "profit monger"
    },
    {
      "word": "profitmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "prophecy-monger"
    },
    {
      "word": "pupil-monger"
    },
    {
      "word": "pussymonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "questmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "race-monger"
    },
    {
      "word": "relic-monger"
    },
    {
      "word": "relicmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "rule-monger"
    },
    {
      "word": "rulemonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "rumormonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "rumourmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "saltmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "scandal-monger"
    },
    {
      "word": "scandalmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "scaremonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "scrapmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "secretmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "sexmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "shitmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "slavemonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "sleazemonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "smutmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "soapmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "species-monger"
    },
    {
      "word": "spellmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "spoilsmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "starmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "statemonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "statesmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "stockfishmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "storymonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "system-monger"
    },
    {
      "word": "talemonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "timbermonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "troublemonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "trouble-monger"
    },
    {
      "word": "twaddlemonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "versemonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "warmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "watermonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "wealthmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "whoremonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "winemonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "wiremonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "witchmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "witmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "wit-monger"
    },
    {
      "word": "wondermonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "woodmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "woolmonger"
    },
    {
      "word": "woo-monger"
    },
    {
      "word": "wordmonger"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "mongere"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English mongere",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "mangere",
        "t": "merchant, trader, dealer"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English mangere (“merchant, trader, dealer”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*mangārī"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *mangārī",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "mangō",
        "t": "dealer, trader"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin mangō (“dealer, trader”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "μάγγανον",
        "t": "contrivance, means of enchantment"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek μάγγανον (mánganon, “contrivance, means of enchantment”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*mang-",
        "t": "to embellish, dress, trim"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *mang- (“to embellish, dress, trim”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English mongere, mangere, from Old English mangere (“merchant, trader, dealer”), from Proto-West Germanic *mangārī, from Latin mangō (“dealer, trader”), perhaps from Ancient Greek μάγγανον (mánganon, “contrivance, means of enchantment”), from Proto-Indo-European *mang- (“to embellish, dress, trim”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mongers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "monger (plural mongers)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii], lines 369-72:",
          "text": "If I could meet\nthat fancy-monger, I would give him some good\ncounsel, for he seems to have the quotidian of love\nupon him.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, Los Angeles Magazine, volume 50, number 11, page 111:",
          "text": "For the freshest wild catch, ask your monger when the fish are running.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A dealer in a specific commodity."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dealer",
          "dealer"
        ],
        [
          "specific",
          "specific"
        ],
        [
          "commodity",
          "commodity"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly in combination) A dealer in a specific commodity."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A person promoting something undesirable."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "promoting",
          "promoting"
        ],
        [
          "undesirable",
          "undesirable"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in combination) A person promoting something undesirable."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "1790, Wilson Lt. Robert (RN), The Seaman's Manual\nmonger: a small sea-vessel used by fishermen."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A small sea vessel."
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "whoremonger"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English clippings"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Clipping of whoremonger."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "whoremonger",
          "whoremonger#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "prostitute's client"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "clipping"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmʌŋ.ɡə(ɹ)/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-monger.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-monger.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-monger.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-monger.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-monger.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmʌŋ.ɡəɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɑŋ.ɡəɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌŋɡə(ɹ)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "dealer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mercader"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "dealer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mercadera"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "fànzi",
      "sense": "dealer",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "word": "贩子"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "dealer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "handelaar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "dealer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "marchand"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "dealer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Krämer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "dealer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Händler"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "dealer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Verkäufer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "dealer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mangaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "dealer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ceannaí"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "dealer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "venditore"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "note": "屋 (や, ya (as a suffix))",
      "sense": "dealer"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "dealer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mangō"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "dealer",
      "word": "mercador"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "dealer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mercader"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "dealer",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "månglare"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "dealer",
      "word": "tüccar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "monger"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English verbs",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌŋɡə(ɹ)",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌŋɡə(ɹ)/2 syllables",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
    "en:Occupations",
    "en:People"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "mongerer"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "mongere"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English mongere",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "mangere",
        "t": "merchant, trader, dealer"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English mangere (“merchant, trader, dealer”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*mangārī"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *mangārī",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "mangō",
        "t": "dealer, trader"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin mangō (“dealer, trader”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "μάγγανον",
        "t": "contrivance, means of enchantment"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek μάγγανον (mánganon, “contrivance, means of enchantment”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*mang-",
        "t": "to embellish, dress, trim"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *mang- (“to embellish, dress, trim”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English mongere, mangere, from Old English mangere (“merchant, trader, dealer”), from Proto-West Germanic *mangārī, from Latin mangō (“dealer, trader”), perhaps from Ancient Greek μάγγανον (mánganon, “contrivance, means of enchantment”), from Proto-Indo-European *mang- (“to embellish, dress, trim”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mongers",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mongering",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mongered",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mongered",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "monger (third-person singular simple present mongers, present participle mongering, simple past and past participle mongered)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To sell or peddle something."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sell",
          "sell"
        ],
        [
          "peddle",
          "peddle"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, British) To sell or peddle something."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "British",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2019 April 25, Samanth Subramanian, “Hand dryers v paper towels: the surprisingly dirty fight for the right to dry your hands”, in The Guardian:",
          "text": "Once these fears have been mongered, their spread is irresistible.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To promote something undesirable."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "promote",
          "promote"
        ],
        [
          "undesirable",
          "undesirable"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To promote something undesirable."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmʌŋ.ɡə(ɹ)/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-monger.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-monger.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-monger.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-monger.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-monger.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmʌŋ.ɡəɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɑŋ.ɡəɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌŋɡə(ɹ)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "sell",
      "word": "mångla"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "sell",
      "word": "kränga"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "sell",
      "word": "sälja"
    }
  ],
  "word": "monger"
}

Download raw JSONL data for monger meaning in English (15.0kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.