Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun One that sells fish for food.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A seller of fish; a dealer in fish.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A dealer in fish.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun UK A person who sells fish. (The female form is fishwife.)
  • noun UK, rare A fishmonger's, a fishmonger's shop: a shop that sells fish.
  • noun archaic A pimp.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun someone who sells fish

Etymologies

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fish +‎ monger

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Examples

  • In Shakespeare's Hamlet, some contend, the word fishmonger was a euphemism for a pimp.

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  • If you like, I can call the fishmonger to the stand.

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  • If you like, I can call the fishmonger to the stand.

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  • After all, a fishmonger is a seller of fish, not a spreader.

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  • Remember instead the sound of your grandmother calling the fishmonger every day for last-minute orders of your favorites.

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  • The fishmonger was a peace-loving man, but he couldn’t curb Giuseppe’s bitterness about Domingo’s apprenticeship.

    The Book of Unholy Mischief Elle Newmark 2008

  • The fishmonger was a peace-loving man, but he couldn’t curb Giuseppe’s bitterness about Domingo’s apprenticeship.

    The Chef’s Apprentice Elle Newmark 2008

  • The fishmonger was a peace-loving man, but he couldn’t curb Giuseppe’s bitterness about Domingo’s apprenticeship.

    The Book of Unholy Mischief Elle Newmark 2008

  • The fishmonger was a peace-loving man, but he couldn’t curb Giuseppe’s bitterness about Domingo’s apprenticeship.

    The Chef’s Apprentice Elle Newmark 2008

  • The fishmonger was a peace-loving man, but he couldn’t curb Giuseppe’s bitterness about Domingo’s apprenticeship.

    The Book of Unholy Mischief Elle Newmark 2008

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