Monger

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A dealer or trader in a specific commodity.

   “[S]ometime one rich munger or other, buying up a commoditie, and bringing it vvholly into his ovvne hands for to have the monopolie of it, raiſeth the market, and enhaunceth the price: […]”

2. isim A person promoting something, especially an undesirable thing.

   “Fvt[elli]. I am not foot-poaſt, / No pedlar of Aviſo's, no monopoliſt / Of forged Corantos, monger of Gazets. / Pie[ro]. Monger of courtezans, fine Futelli, / In certaine kinde a merchant of the ſtaple / For vvares of uſe and trade, a taker up.”

3. isim Clipping of whoremonger (“a frequent customer of whores”).

   “Here vvas no ſubtle device to get a VVench. / This Chanon [i.e., canon, member of the clergy] has a brave pate of his ovvn! / A ſhaven pate! and a right monger, y' vaith!”

4. fiil To deal in, peddle, or sell (something).

   “There were Mongols hawking sheepskins and Chinese vending calendars and pocket calculators, North Koreans flogging jewelry and Vietnamese mongering shirts and leather jackets.”

5. fiil To promote (something, especially an undesirable thing); to peddle.

   “She [Grace Kelly] was beautiful and elegant but, above all, good. […] Not even Hedda Hopper could monger scandal in her regard.”

6. isim A small seagoing vessel used for fishing.

   “[C]erteyne Fyſhermen that go a trawlyng for fyſhe in Catches or mongers, and dradgies for Oyſters about the ſandes, […]”

7. özel isim A surname.