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fishmonger en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈfɪʃˌmʌŋɡ.əɹ/ (General-American)
• /ˈfɪʃˌmʌŋɡ.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle English fisshemonger; equivalent to fish + monger.

Meanings

1. (UK) A person who sells fish.
   • If he made transcendental distinctions, he fortified himself by drawing all his illustrations from sources disdained by orators and polite conversers; from mares and puppies; from pitchers and soup-ladles; from cooks and criers; the shops of potters, horse-doctors, butchers, and fishmongers. 1850, R[alph] W[aldo] Emerson, “Plato; or, The Philosopher”, in Representative Men: Seven Lectures, Boston, Mass.: Phillips, Sampson and Company, […], →OCLC, page 58:
2. (UK, rare) A shop that sells fish; a fishmonger's shop, a fishmonger's.
   • Cornish peppered mackerel, smoked haddock, Scottish herring and pearl-white skate wings are all laid on a bed of crushed ice at the fishmonger. 2007, Leslie Ann Bosher, To the Manor Drawn, Murdoch Books, →ISBN, page 157:
   • And Susan, sure of this inevitable answer, would ask Cook to pop into the fishmonger for a nice bit of salmon, […] 1931, Grace Hegger Lewis, Half a Loaf, H. Liveright, page 225:
   • A nice woman at the fishmonger in Earl’s Court Road—she had to walk miles to find a fish shop—told her how to cook the fillets of plaice she bought. 1990, Elizabeth Jane Howard, The Light Years, Simon and Schuster, published 1995, →ISBN, page 294:
3. (archaic, figuratively) A pimp.
   • Excellent well; you are a fishmonger. c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:

Forms

Deriveds

fishmongering

Hyponyms

fishwife · piscatrix · fishmongeress (person who sells fish) · fishwoman

Synonyms

ichthyopolist · fishman

Translations (74)

pt peixeiro (person who sells fish) · af vishandelaar (person who sells fish) · de Fischverkäufer (person who sells fish) · ko 생선 장수 (person who sells fish) · ga ceannaí éisc (person who sells fish) · de Fischmann m/Fischfrau (person who sells fish) · ba балыҡ һатыусы (person who sells fish) · el ιχθυοπώλης (person who sells fish) · es pescadero (person who sells fish) · cmn 魚商 /鱼商 (person who sells fish) · ro negustor de pește (person who sells fish) · sv fiskhandlare (person who sells fish) · ms tukang ikan (person who sells fish) · cy gwerthwr pysgod (person who sells fish) · ga díoltóir éisc (person who sells fish) · gl peixeiro (person who sells fish) · cs prodejce ryb (person who sells fish) · uk торго́вець ри́бою (person who sells fish) · fr poissonnier (person who sells fish) · fa ماهیفروش (person who sells fish) · ht pwasonye (person who sells fish) · pl handlarz rybami (person who sells fish) · it pescivendola (person who sells fish) · ro pescar (person who sells fish) · nrf paîssonnyi (person who sells fish) · vo fitajitedan (person who sells fish) · ar سَمَّاك (person who sells fish) · hy ձկնավաճառ (person who sells fish) · pdt Feschhendla (person who sells fish) · nl visboer (person who sells fish) · nl vishandelaar (person who sells fish) · pt peixeira (person who sells fish) · ru рыботорго́вец (person who sells fish) · ota بالقجی (person who sells fish) · lad balukchí (person who sells fish) · fi kalakauppias (person who sells fish) · eu arrain-saltzaile (person who sells fish) · vo fitahitedan (person who sells fish) · it pescivendolo (person who sells fish) · la bolonae (person who sells fish) · ru торго́вец ры́бой (person who sells fish) · da fiskemand (person who sells fish) · ht machann pwason (person who sells fish) · grc ἰχθυοπώλης (person who sells fish) · fr poissonnière (person who sells fish) · fur pessâr (person who sells fish) · eo fiŝvendisto (person who sells fish) · vi ngưởi bán cá (person who sells fish) · kmr masîfiroş (person who sells fish) · vo fitatedan (person who sells fish) · ar بَائِع سَمَك (person who sells fish) · cmn 魚販 /鱼贩 (person who sells fish) · da fiskehandler (person who sells fish) · th คนขายปลา (person who sells fish) · nn fiskehandlar (person who sells fish) · an pescatero (person who sells fish) · et kalakaupmees (person who sells fish) · sq tregtar peshku (person who sells fish) · de Fischhändler (person who sells fish) · nb fiskehandler (person who sells fish) · sq peshkatar (person who sells fish) · fo fiskahandlari (person who sells fish) · tr balıkçı (person who sells fish) · ckb ماسیفرۆش (person who sells fish) · ja 魚屋 (person who sells fish) · ca peixater (person who sells fish) · pl handlarka rybami (person who sells fish) · fr marchand de poisson (person who sells fish) · cmn 魚販子 /鱼贩子 (person who sells fish) · es pescadera (person who sells fish) · yi פיש־הענדלער (person who sells fish) · nl visverkoper (person who sells fish) · arz سماك (person who sells fish) · be гандля́р ры́бай (person who sells fish)