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cheesemongers

cheesemongers is the plural of cheesemonger.

Meaning of cheesemonger

Noun

cheesemonger (plural cheesemongers)

  1. (UK) Someone who sells cheese.
    Synonyms:
    fromager

Proper noun capitalized: Cheesemongers

the Cheesemongers

  1. (UK, obsolete, slang) The Life Guards (British army regiment).

Origin of cheesemongers

So called after a relaxation of the social qualifications for recruitment, which meant that tradesmen (as opposed to gentlemen) could sign up.

Questions about cheesemongers

What does cheesemongers mean?
Cheesemongers means the Life Guards (British army regiment).
What is cheesemongers the plural of?
Cheesemongers is the plural of cheesemonger.
What part of speech is cheesemongers?
Cheesemongers is a proper noun.

Words near cheesemongers in the dictionary

  1. cheesemonger
  2. cheesemongeress
  3. cheesemongeresses
  4. cheesemongeries
  5. cheesemongering
  6. cheesemongers
  7. cheesemongery
  8. cheesemongress
  9. cheesemongresses
  10. cheesen
  11. cheesepare

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cheesemongers (page history and authors); Cheesemongers (page history and authors); cheesemonger (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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