Mon"ger, v. t. To deal in; to make merchandise of; to traffic in; --
used chiefly of discreditable traffic.
Mon"gol (?), n. One of the Mongols. -- a. Of or pertaining to Mongolia
or the Mongols.
Mon*go"li*an (?), a. Of or pertaining to Mongolia or the Mongols. -- n.
One of the Mongols.
Mon*gol"ic (?), a. See Mongolian.
Mon"go*loid (?), a. [Mongol + -oid.] Resembling a Mongol or the
Mongols; having race characteristics, such as color, hair, and
features, like those of the Mongols. Huxley.
{ Mon"gols (?), Mon*go"li*ans (?) }, n. pl. (Ethnol.) One of the great
races of man, including the greater part of the inhabitants of China,
Japan, and the interior of Asia, with branches in Northern Europe and
other parts of the world. By some American Indians are considered a
branch of the Mongols. In a more restricted sense, the inhabitants of
Mongolia and adjacent countries, including the Burats and the Kalmuks.
{ Mon"goose, Mon"goos } (?), n. (Zoöl.) A species of ichneumon
(Herpestes griseus), native of India. Applied also to other allied
species, as the African banded mongoose (Crossarchus fasciatus).
[Written also mungoose, mungoos, mungous.]
Mon"grel (?), n. [Prob. shortened fr. mongrel, and akin to AS. mengan
to mix, and E. mingle. See Mingle.] The progeny resulting from a cross
between two breeds, as of domestic animals; anything of mixed breed.
Drayton.
Mon"grel, a. 1. (Zoöl.) Not of a pure breed.