monger

/ˈmʌŋɡə/MUHNG-gur
/ˈmʌŋɡɚ/MUHNG-gur

Meaningto trade

Common meaning: a dealer

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishmangian‘to traffic’sourceB&T
  2. Old Englishmeaning shiftsto traffic → a merchantmangere‘a merchant’sourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishmongersource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsa merchant → a dealermonger‘a dealer’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English mangian ‘to trade’.

Roots

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