costermonger

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: cos=ter=mon=ger

CIDE DICTIONARY

costermonger, n. [See Costard.].

 An apple seller; a hawker of, or dealer in, any kind of fruit or vegetables; a fruiterer.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

costermonger, n. Brit. a person who sells fruit, vegetables, etc., in the street from a barrow.

Etymology

COSTARD + MONGER

ROGET THESAURUS

costermonger

Merchant

N merchant, trader, dealer, monger, chandler, salesman, changer, regrater, shopkeeper, shopman, tradesman, tradespeople, tradesfolk, retailer, chapman, hawker, huckster, higgler, pedlar, colporteur, cadger, Autolycus, sutler, vivandiere, costerman, costermonger, tallyman, camelot, faker, vintner, money broker, money changer, money lender, cambist, usurer, moneyer, banker, jobber, broker, buyer, seller, bear, bull, concern, firm.