A person who profits from or encourages bloodshed and violence; a warmonger.
Compound of blood and monger (from Old English mangere, meaning trader or dealer). The word parallels 'warmonger' and 'fishmonger,' using the same suffix to describe someone who deals in or promotes something.
This word was particularly common during the 19th century to criticize politicians who pushed for wars—calling someone a 'bloodmonger' was the ultimate insult for someone seen as profiting while others died in battle.
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