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secretmonger

secretmonger noun: a person who deals in secrets.

Noun

secretmonger (plural secretmongers)

  1. A person who deals in secrets.
    • A great secretmonger is always in danger of running up against something, and finding nothing upset but himself.2022, Charles Clarke, Which is the Winner?: Vol. 2, page 284

Forms of secretmonger

pluralsecretmongers

Origin of secretmonger

From secret + monger.

Questions about secretmonger

What does secretmonger mean?
Secretmonger means a person who deals in secrets.
What part of speech is secretmonger?
Secretmonger is a noun.
What is the plural of secretmonger?
The plural of secretmonger is secretmongers.

Words near secretmonger in the dictionary

  1. secretitious
  2. secretive
  3. secretively
  4. secretiveness
  5. secretly
  6. secretmonger
  7. secretmongers
  8. secretness
  9. secretogen
  10. secretogenic
  11. secretogens

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