Etymology

fishmonger

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Today it means: A person who sells fish. Full definition →

Middle English fisshemonger
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromfisshemonger
  2. English todayfishmonger

From Middle English fisshemonger; equivalent to fish + monger.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.