Word Meanings - CARPETMONGER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. One who deals in carpets; a buyer and seller of carpets. 2. One fond of pleasure; a gallant. Shak.

Related words: (words related to CARPETMONGER)

• GALLANTLY
  In a polite or courtly manner; like a gallant or wooer.
• BUYER
  One who buys; a purchaser.
• PLEASURER
  A pleasure seeker. Dickens.
• GALLANTNESS
  The quality of being gallant.
• PLEASURELESS
  Devoid of pleasure. G. Eliot.
• PLEASURE
  1. The gratification of the senses or of the mind; agreeable sensations or emotions; the excitement, relish, or happiness produced by the expectation or the enjoyment of something good, delightful, or satisfying; -- opposed to Ant: pain,
• PLEASUREFUL
  Affording pleasure.
• SELLER
  One who sells. Chaucer.
• GALLANT
  akin to OF. gale amusement, It. gala ornament; of German origin; cf. OHG. geil merry, luxuriant, wanton, G. geil lascivious, akin to AS. g wanton, wicked, OS. g merry, Goth. gailjan to make to rejoice, or 1. Showy; splendid; magnificent;
• GALLANTRY
  1. Splendor of appearance; ostentatious finery. Guess the gallantry of our church by this . . . when the desk whereon the priest read was inlaid with plates of silver. Fuller. 2. Bravery; intrepidity; as, the troops behaved with great gallantry.
• RUMSELLER
  One who sells rum; one who deals in intoxicating liquors; especially, one who sells spirituous beverages at retail.
• TOPGALLANT
  Situated above the topmast and below the royal mast; designatb, or pertaining to, the third spars in order from the deck; as, the topgallant mast, yards, braces, and the like. See Illustration of Ship. 2. Fig.: Highest; elevated; splendid. "The
• SLOPSELLER
  One who sells slops, or ready-made clothes. See 4th Slop, 3.
• BOOKSELLER
  One who sells books.
• DRAMSELLER
  One who sells distilled liquors by the dram or glass.
• DISPLEASURE
  1. The feeling of one who is displeased; irritation or uneasiness of the mind, occasioned by anything that counteracts desire or command, or which opposes justice or a sense of propriety; disapprobation; dislike; dissatisfaction; disfavor;
• DISGALLANT
  To deprive of gallantry. B. Jonson.
• ENGALLANT
  To make a gallant of. B. Jonson.
• FORE-TOPGALLANT
  Designating the mast, sail, yard, etc., above the topmast; as, the fore-topgallant sail. See Sail.