Meanings
nouncheesemonger (plural cheesemongers)
plural cheesemongers
- UKSomeone who sells cheese.
The savory fumes rising from the chimneys of the redbrick Baronstown stoves mingled with the odorous tang wafting from the doorways of the Kurdsburg cheesemongers, and for forty miles all around, it was impossible not to salivate breathing in the delicious air.
2020, J. K. Rowling, “Chapter 1: King Fred the Fearless”, in The Ickabog, Scholastic, →ISBN, page 5Synonyms: fromager
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSomeone who sells cheese.
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Translations
Ancient Greek τυροπώλης
- τυροπώλης (turopṓlēs)someone who sells cheese
Catalan formatger
- formatgersomeone who sells cheese
Dutch kaasboer
- kaasboersomeone who sells cheese
Finnish juustokauppias
- juustokauppiassomeone who sells cheese
French fromager, fromagère
- fromagersomeone who sells cheese
- fromagèresomeone who sells cheese
German Käsehändler, Käsehändlerin
- Käsehändlersomeone who sells cheese
- Käsehändlerinsomeone who sells cheese
Irish cáiseoir, ceannaí cáise
- cáiseoirsomeone who sells cheese
- ceannaí cáisesomeone who sells cheese
Italian formaggiaio
- formaggiaiosomeone who sells cheese
Latin casearius
- caseariussomeone who sells cheese
Polish handlarz serem, handlarka serem
- handlarz seremsomeone who sells cheese
- handlarka seremsomeone who sells cheese
Romanian brânzar, brânzăreasă
- brânzarsomeone who sells cheese
- brânzăreasăsomeone who sells cheese
Spanish quesero, quesera
- queserosomeone who sells cheese
- queserasomeone who sells cheese
Welsh gwerthwr caws
- gwerthwr cawssomeone who sells cheese
Cite this entry
APA
cheesemonger. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cheesemonger
MLA
“cheesemonger.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cheesemonger. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cheesemonger,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cheesemonger.
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