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fashionmonger

/ˈfæʃənmʌŋɡəɹ/ noun

One who slavishly follows the latest fashions.

Word Origin Fashion comes from Latin facere 'to make' — it's the way something is made. A fashionmonger is a dealer in fashions, someone who trades in the latest styles. The -monger suffix (from Latin mango 'trader') also appears in fishmonger, warmonger, and scandalmonger.

noun One who slavishly follows the latest fashions. countable

She's such a fashionmonger—she buys new clothes every week.

(名词) 时尚盲从者；潮流追随者

她真是个时尚跟风者——每周都买新衣服。

(sustantivo) Persona que sigue servilmente las últimas modas; esclavo de la moda.

Es tan esclava de la moda: compra ropa nueva cada semana.

(nom) fashion victim; esclave de la mode; suiveur de mode; modeux [Personne qui suit servilement et aveuglément les dernières modes.]

Elle est une telle **fashionmonger** — elle achète de nouveaux vêtements chaque semaine.

(Substantiv) Modenarr; Modeopfer; Modetrendfolger [eine Person, die blind den neuesten Modetrends folgt.]

Sie ist so ein **fashionmonger** – sie kauft jede Woche neue Kleidung.

(名詞) 最新の流行に盲目的に従う人。

彼女は本当に流行に振り回される人だ — 毎週新しい服を買っている。

(substantivo) vítima da moda; escravo da moda; seguidor da moda [Aquele que segue cegamente as últimas modas.]

Ela é tão obcecada por moda—compra roupas novas toda semana.

Synonyms: fashionista trend follower dandy fop clotheshorse beau dresser metrosexual Antonyms: trendsetter individualist nonconformist original
Word parts: fashion + monger

Related words

fashionable fashionably unfashionable

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