monger Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold
    trader; bargainer; dealer.
  2. verb sell or offer for sale from place to place
    vend; pitch; peddle; hawk; huckster.

WordNet

Mon"ger noun
Etymology
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.
Definitions
  1. A trader; a dealer; -- now used chiefly in composition; as, fishmonger, ironmonger, newsmonger.
  2. A small merchant vessel. Obs. Blount.
Mon"ger transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To deal in; to make merchandise of; to traffic in; -- used chiefly of discreditable traffic.

Webster 1913