breadmonger
breadmonger noun: a seller of bread.
Noun
breadmonger (plural breadmongers)
- A seller of bread.
- Mr. W. Dean Taylor lectured here on Monday evening, in the Market Place, to an audience composed of Tories, Bread Mongers, and Chartists.1841 July 17, The Northern Star, and Leeds General Advertiser, volume IV, number 192, page 7
- He dwelt in severe terms upon the hypocrisy of Messrs. Cobden and Bright, and such like humanity and cheap bread mongers, for their opposition to the Ten Hours’ Bill.1846 May 27, The Manchester Courier, and Lancashire General Advertiser, volume XXII, number 1142, page 4
- Synonyms:
- breadseller
Examples of breadmonger in a sentence
- William Pitt in power! war in Europe! small constituencies, and small bread! (Loud cheers.) But what is the state of the case at the present time—what the condition of the coroneted breadmonger now?1850 November 15, The Liberator, volume XX, number 46 (whole 1036), Boston, Mass., page 183:
- Thomas, son of Sarah la Bredmongestere,¹[…]¹ A female breadmonger.1902, Reginald R. Sharpe, editor, Calendar of Letter-Books Preserved Among the Archives of the Corporation of the City of London at the...
- Aksenov's essay "Progulka v Kalashnyi riad" (A stroll to Breadmongers' row) appeared in Grani, No. 133 (see our abstract 6653).1987, Abstracts of Soviet and East European Emigré Periodical Literature, page 69:
- “I’m being punished for stealing bread from a breadmonger in the bailey.”2001, Mark Anthony, Dark Remains (book three of The Last Rune), Bantam Spectra, →ISBN, page 53:
Synonyms of breadmonger
Forms of breadmonger
| plural | breadmongers |
|---|---|
| alternative form | bread-monger |
Origin of breadmonger
From bread + monger. Compare the Middle English surname Bredmongestere.
Questions about breadmonger
- What does breadmonger mean?
- Breadmonger means a seller of bread.
- How do you use breadmonger in a sentence?
- William Pitt in power! war in Europe! small constituencies, and small bread! (Loud cheers.) But what is the state of the case at the present time—what the condition of the coroneted breadmonger now?
- What part of speech is breadmonger?
- Breadmonger is a noun.
- What is the plural of breadmonger?
- The plural of breadmonger is breadmongers.
Words near breadmonger in the dictionary
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