fellmonger

F4E1L1L1M3O1N1G2E1R1
UK/ˈfɛlmʌŋɡə/

noun

One who sells or works with animal hides and skins.

Scrabble 16
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounfellmonger (plural fellmongers)

plural fellmongers

  1. UKOne who sells or works with animal hides and skins.
verbfellmonger (third-person singular simple present fellmongers, present participle fellmongering, simple past and past participle fellmongered)

present singular third person fellmongers · participle present fellmongering · participle past fellmongered · past fellmongered

  1. To prepare animal skin for tanning.

Origin

From fell + monger.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

French pelletier, pelletière
  • pelletiersomeone who sells or works with animal hides and skins
  • pelletièresomeone who sells or works with animal hides and skins
Spanish peletero, peletera
  • peleterosomeone who sells or works with animal hides and skins
  • peleterasomeone who sells or works with animal hides and skins
Cite this entry
APA

fellmonger. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fellmonger

MLA

“fellmonger.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fellmonger. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fellmonger,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fellmonger.

Source: fellmonger on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.