A person who sells or trades in dishes; a merchant of tableware and dishware.
Compound of 'dish' and 'monger' (from Old English 'mangere', from Latin 'mango', meaning 'dealer'). The '-monger' suffix created occupational terms for those who sold goods, similar to 'fishmonger' or 'ironmonger'.
The word 'monger' originally meant someone who haggled in markets—notice how 'fishmonger' sounds respectable but 'fear-monger' or 'scandal-monger' sound negative. The same suffix shows that selling could be either honest or manipulative.
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