[ 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 ]

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. [ 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 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 ]