ironmonger
(ˈaɪənmʌŋgə(r))
Forms: 4 is-, ysmonger, irmongere, 5 yremongere, erne-, hermonger, ironmounger, 5–6 yren-, irenmonger, -yr, 5–7 irne-, 6 yer-, iernmonger, 6–7 iremonger, -munger, 6– ironmonger
[f. iron n.1 + monger.]
A dealer in ironware; a hardware merchant.
| 1343 Merton Coll. Rec. No. 2115 (MS.) Roger le Irmongere. 1347 Ibid. No. 2096 Roger le Ysmonger. 1393 Close Roll 16 Rich. II dorso (P.R.O.), Johannes Warner, ismonger. 1406 Ibid., 8 Hen. IV dorso, Petrus Feryby, ernemonger. 1409 Ibid. 11 Hen. IV dorso, Willielmus Baker, hermonger. 1415 Nottingham Rec. II. 100 Nicholaum Alastre, de Notyngham, irenmonger. 1415 York Myst. Introd. 22 Irenmangers. 1486 Naval Acc. Hen. VII (1896) 10 Payd vnto William Remyngton of London Ironmounger for diuers cabilles. Ibid. 12 Payd..to John Halyngbury of London Irnemonger for vj cables. c 1515 Cocke Lorell's B. 9 Yermongers, py⁓bakers, and waferers. 1562 Act 5 Eliz. c. 4 §20 The Misteries or Craftes of a..Draper Goldesmithe Ironmonger. 1591 in Child Marriages 151 Thomas Thornton..Iremonger and Marchaunte. 1613 Beaum. & Fl. Cupids Rev. iv. iii, Come, let's call up the new Iremonger, he's as tough as Steel. 1620 in Swayne Sarum Church-w. Acc. (1896) 170 Rec...of the Ire mvngers..18d. 1646 Ord. Lords & Com. Presb. Govt. 11 John Arrowsmith of Martins Iremonger⁓lane. 1720 Strype Stow's Surv. (1754) II. v. x. 280/1 The Ironmongers were incorporated in the third Year of King Edward the Fourth, Anno Dom. 1462. 1876 Bancroft Hist. U.S. II. xli. 521 The English ironmongers asked for a total prohibition of forges. |
Hence ˈironmongering ppl. a., dealing in iron. (In quot. = having ironworks.)
| 1863 Hawthorne Our Old Home (1883) I. 169 These hillocks of waste and effete mineral always disfigure the neighborhood of iron-mongering towns. |