Mongerer

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of monger.; One who sells a particular commodity. proscribed

    "Come old mutton mongerer, despatch! despatch!"

  2. 2
    Alternative form of monger.; One who promotes something undesirable. proscribed

    "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."

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"Come old mutton mongerer, despatch! despatch!"

Etymology

From monger + -er.

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