monger

mon·ger  (mnggr, mng-)

n.

1. A dealer in a specific commodity. Often used in combination: an ironmonger.

2. A person promoting something undesirable or discreditable. Often used in combination: a scandalmonger; a warmonger.

tr.v. mon·gered, mon·ger·ing, mon·gers

To peddle.

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[Middle English mongere, from Old English mangere, from Latin mang, dealer in slaves, probably of Greek origin.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	monger - someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold bargainer, dealer, trader art dealer - a dealer in works of art requiring esthetic evaluation barterer - a trader who exchanges goods and not money bibliopole, bibliopolist - a dealer in secondhand books (especially rare or curious books) cheesemonger - someone who sells cheese barrow-boy, barrow-man, costermonger - a hawker of fruit and vegetables from a barrow cutler - a dealer in cutlery draper - a dealer in fabrics and sewing materials (and sometimes in clothing and drygoods) fence - a dealer in stolen property fishmonger, fishwife - someone who sells fish horse trader - a hard bargainer hardwareman, ironmonger - someone who sells hardware; "in England they call a hardwareman an ironmonger" mercer - a dealer in textiles (especially silks) merchandiser, merchant - a businessperson engaged in retail trade seedman, seedsman - a dealer in seeds slop-seller, slopseller - a dealer in cheap ready-made clothing stamp dealer - a dealer in stamps (whose customers are stamp collectors) stock trader - someone who buys and sells stock shares
Verb	1.	monger - sell or offer for sale from place to place hawk, huckster, peddle, vend, pitch sell, trade, deal - do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood; "She deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes"