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monger noun & verb.
[Old English mangere (= Old High German, Old Norse mangari), from mangian (= Old Saxon mangon, Old Norse manga) deal, trade, from Germanic, from Latin mango dealer, trader: see -ER1.]
A. noun. A dealer, a trader (in some specified commodity). Exc. in long-established combs. usu. derog., a person who promotes or carries on a petty or disreputable traffic in something specified. Usu. as 2nd elem. of comb. OE.
cheesemonger, fishmonger, ironmonger, newsmonger, scandalmonger, scaremonger, warmonger, whoremonger, etc.
C. Kingsley My only fear is people will fancy me a verbal-inspiration-monger. V. Woolf He's a priest, a mystery-monger.
b. verb trans. Deal or traffic in. Chiefly as mongering verbal noun (usu. as 2nd elem. of comb.) & ppl adjective. L18.