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watermonger

watermonger noun: a seller of water.

Noun

watermonger (plural watermongers)

  1. A seller of water.
    • In 1849 the watermongers had not yet appeared. One man who offered $50 for a drink found that there was none for sale.1997, James W. Ely, Property Rights in the Colonial Era and Early Republic, page 287

Forms of watermonger

pluralwatermongers

Origin of watermonger

From water + monger.

Questions about watermonger

What does watermonger mean?
Watermonger means a seller of water.
What part of speech is watermonger?
Watermonger is a noun.
What is the plural of watermonger?
The plural of watermonger is watermongers.

Words near watermonger in the dictionary

  1. watermints
  2. watermite
  3. watermites
  4. watermole
  5. watermoles
  6. watermonger
  7. watermongers
  8. watermonster
  9. watermonsters
  10. Watermoor
  11. watermoss

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