Definition: monger

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

monger
     n : someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to
         be sold [syn: trader, bargainer, dealer]
     v : sell or offer for sale from place to place [syn: peddle, huckster,
          hawk, vend, pitch]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Monger \Mon"ger\, 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.

   2. A small merchant vessel. [Obs.] --Blount.
Monger \Mon"ger\, v. t.
   To deal in; to make merchandise of; to traffic in; -- used
   chiefly of discreditable traffic.