Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cheesemongers

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.22 in modern English

Syllables
cheese-mon-gers
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of cheesemonger

name

The Life Guards (British army regiment).

British usage; Obsolete; Slang

Etymology

So called after a relaxation of the social qualifications for recruitment, which meant that tradesmen (as opposed to gentlemen) could sign up.

Usage

Inflected Forms

the Cheesemongers (canonical)

Questions

What does cheesemongers mean?
plural of cheesemonger
Where does cheesemongers come from?
So called after a relaxation of the social qualifications for recruitment, which meant that tradesmen (as opposed to gentlemen) could sign up.

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