A person who deals in or speculates with public funds or government bonds, often in a manipulative way.
Combination of 'fund' plus 'monger' (a dealer, especially one dealing in questionable practices). Emerged in 18th-century British financial criticism.
This is an insulting term from 1700s England—it meant someone who profited from government debt in ways people thought were shady. Today we might call them hedge fund managers!
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