costermonger

noun

Definition of costermongernext
British
as in trader

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for costermonger
  1. trader
  2. smuggler
  3. bootlegger
  4. pusher
  5. merchant
  6. fence
  7. seller
  8. vendor
Noun
  • With traders hopeful the stock market has set the stage for a short-term bounce, there are two catalysts next week that could either revive or snuff out the AI recovery.
    — Sarah Min, CNBC, 13 Nov. 2026
  • As the board deliberates, Wall Street analysts and traders on prediction-market platforms are throwing out names of possible successors.
    — Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of trader
Noun
  • Employees have become burned out and morally conflicted as their focus has shifted from pursuing drug smugglers and human traffickers to apprehending asylum seekers in courthouses and arresting day laborers at their worksites.
    — Francisco Cantú, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The front-running suspect in that alt theory is now Joey Ippolito, a former drug smuggler and friend of Simpson’s.
    — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of smuggler
Noun
  • The original tracklist is augmented by a full recording of the band’s 1977 show at Oakland Coliseum Arena, filmed by teen bootlegger Reinhard Hohlwein.
    — Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 5 Nov. 2026
  • But his favorite piece isn’t something fans can get from bootleggers.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of bootlegger
Noun
  • Airplanes use puller or pusher propellers to convert forward thrust into speed.
    — BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The company has delivered lift motors for Eve Air Mobility’s proof-of-concept aircraft and has a contract to supply up to $1 billion in pusher motors as Eve’s program develops.
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of pusher
Noun
  • Sometimes word clouds are big-budget supergraphics realized by design firms like Pentagram, but often they are produced cheaply and quickly by non-designers, or by anonymous Etsy merchants, or in-house at printing and signage companies.
    — Alec Mapes-Frances, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Owners who make their payments, keep clean bank statements and grow deposits can often move from a merchant cash advance to a term loan, then to a line of credit and eventually to bank or SBA financing at a fraction of the cost.
    — Elliot Ashkenazie, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of merchant
Noun
  • Following Masias’ detainment, immigration agents who milled about the parking were nonresponsive to the protesters, who shouted at them through the locked fence surrounding the Moss building as Sacramento Fire Department personnel treated Masias.
    — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 12 Nov. 2026
  • Surveillance video shown in court, taken from Hensel’s backyard, showed Hensel grilling when an ATV rode past his fence.
    — Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of fence
Noun
  • Competing for sellers focused on the strongest financial return remains more difficult.
    — Matthew Tan, CNBC, 7 Nov. 2026
  • For sellers of finished tapes, streaming is the most open door.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of seller
Noun
  • The main stage will be set up in front of City Hall, with art exhibits, vendors and other activities spread throughout downtown Baltimore.
    — CBS Baltimore, CBS News, 13 Nov. 2026
  • Despite the company’s massive borrowing, investors were encouraged by CoreWeave beating revenue expectations and raising its forecast, as traders parsed the key Anthropic vendor’s results for clues ahead of the AI firm’s planned IPO next week.
    — Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of vendor
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“Costermonger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/costermonger. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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