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landmonger

landmonger noun: an unscrupulous dealer in land.

Noun

landmonger (plural landmongers)

  1. An unscrupulous dealer in land.
    • Often tricked into running up debts or signing their deeds directly over to these landmongers, the traditionalists appealed to the federal government for help.2014, Frederick E. Hoxie, Peter Iverson, Indians in American History: An Introduction, page 130

Forms of landmonger

plurallandmongers

Origin of landmonger

From land + monger.

Questions about landmonger

What does landmonger mean?
Landmonger means an unscrupulous dealer in land.
What part of speech is landmonger?
Landmonger is a noun.
What is the plural of landmonger?
The plural of landmonger is landmongers.

Words near landmonger in the dictionary

  1. landmen
  2. landmine
  3. landmined
  4. landmines
  5. landmining
  6. landmonger
  7. landmongers
  8. landnam
  9. Lando
  10. Landoc
  11. landocracies

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