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mongerers

mongerers is the plural of mongerer.

Meaning of mongerer

Noun

mongerer (plural mongerers)

  1. (proscribed) One who sells a particular commodity.
    • Come old mutton mongerer, despatch! despatch!1893, Marcus Clarke, Chidiock Tichbourne Or The Catholic Conspiracy, page 44
  2. (proscribed) One who promotes something undesirable.
    • What is wanted primarily, shall I say, in the teacher, is that he be a man or that she be a woman, not a method mongerer.[…] By method is meant the law of the mind’s movement. This is a narrower field than that of psychology and even more fruitful of suggestion to the teacher.1894, A.G. Boone, “General Culture as an Element in Professional Training”, in Joint Documents of the State of Michigan, volume 3, page 43

Questions about mongerers

What is mongerers the plural of?
Mongerers is the plural of mongerer.

Words near mongerers in the dictionary

  1. Mongeon
  2. Mongeons
  3. monger
  4. mongered
  5. mongerer
  6. mongerers
  7. mongeress
  8. mongeresses
  9. mongeries
  10. mongering
  11. mongerings

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