{ } prep. [ OE. amongist, amonges, amonge, among, AS. onmang, ongemang, gemang, in a crowd or mixture. For the ending -st see Amidst. See Mingle. ] 1. Mixed or mingled; surrounded by. [ 1913 Webster ]

They heard,
And from his presence hid themselves among
The thickest trees. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Conjoined, or associated with, or making part of the number of; in the number or class of. [ 1913 Webster ]

Blessed art thou among women. Luke i. 28. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Expressing a relation of dispersion, distribution, etc.; also, a relation of reciprocal action. [ 1913 Webster ]

What news among the merchants? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Human sacrifices were practiced among them. Hume. [ 1913 Webster ]

Divide that gold amongst you. Marlowe. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whether they quarreled among themselves, or with their neighbors. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Amidst; between. See Amidst, Between. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ See Monger. ] A seller or maker of ballads; a poetaster. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A fop. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A dealer in books. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who buys or sells the parliamentary seats of boroughs. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. The practices of a boroughmonger. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who deals in carpets; a buyer and seller of carpets. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One fond of pleasure; a gallant. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who deals in cheese. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A costermonger. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Costard. ] An apple seller; a hawker of, or dealer in, any kind of fruit or vegetables; a fruiterer. [ Written also costardmonger. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , prep. Among. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A lovemonger; a whimsical lover. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who studies the fashions; a fop; a dandy. Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Behaving like a fashion-monger. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A dealer in fells or sheepskins, who separates the wool from the pelts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A dealer in fish. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. fl&aemacr_;sc mangere. ] One who deals in flesh; hence, a pimp; a procurer; a pander. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. one who arouses hatred for others by speech or writing. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A dealer in iron or hardware. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Hardware; a general name for all articles made of iron. Gwilt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A trader in law; one who practices law as if it were a trade. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A dealer in, or negotiator of, loans. [ 1913 Webster ]

The millions of the loanmonger. Beaconsfield. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who deals in affairs of love. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who depends on merit for salvation. [ Obs. ] Milner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Mangcorn. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. mangere, fr. mangian to trade; akin to Icel. manga to trade, mangari a trader, OHG. mangari, mengari; cf. L. mango a dealer in slaves. ] 1. A trader; a dealer; -- now used chiefly in composition; as, fishmonger, ironmonger, newsmonger. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A small merchant vessel. [ Obs. ] Blount. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To deal in; to make merchandise of; to traffic in; -- used chiefly of discreditable traffic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One of the Mongols. -- a. Of or pertaining to Mongolia or the Mongols. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Mongolia or the Mongols. -- n. One of the Mongols. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. pl. (Ethnol.) One of the great races of man, including the greater part of the inhabitants of China, Japan, and the interior of Asia, with branches in Northern Europe and other parts of the world. By some American Indians are considered a branch of the Mongols. In a more restricted sense, the inhabitants of Mongolia and adjacent countries, including the Burats and the Kalmuks. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Mongolian. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Mongol + -oid. ] Resembling a Mongol or the Mongols; having race characteristics, such as color, hair, and features, like those of the Mongols. Huxley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of, related to, or affected with, Down syndrome; -- not a technical term. [ PJC ]

n. A person affected with Down syndrome; -- not a technical term. [ PJC ]

{ } n.; pl. Mongooses /plu> 1. (Zool.) A species of ichneumon (Herpestes griseus), native of India. Applied also to other allied species, as the African banded mongoose (Crossarchus fasciatus). [ Written also mungoose, mungoos, mungous. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ Tamil manegos. ] A Madagascan lemur (Lemur mongos). [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Prob. shortened fr. mongrel, and akin to AS. mengan to mix, and E. mingle. See Mingle. ] The progeny resulting from a cross between two breeds, as of domestic animals; anything of mixed breed. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. (Zool.) Not of a pure breed. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of mixed kinds; as, mongrel language. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. To cause to be mongrel; to cross breeds, so as to produce mongrels. [ 1913 Webster ]

prep. See Amongst. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who deals in news; one who is active in hearing and telling news. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who lays informations, and encourages petty lawsuits. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A stickler for rules; a slave of rules [ R. ] Hare. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who promises or distributes public offices and their emoluments as the price of services to a party or its leaders. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A fortune teller; an astrologer; -- used in contempt. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One versed in politics, or one who dabbles in state affairs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A writer of verses; especially, a writer of commonplace poetry; a poetaster; a rhymer; -- used humorously or in contempt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who makes ar a trade or business; a mercenary. [ R. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A whoremaster; a lecher; a man who frequents the society of whores. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A wood seller. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]