druggist en · NOUN
Etymology
From French droguiste, replacing earlier drugger. See drug.
Meanings
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A manufacturer and vendor of drugs and medicines.
For sale by all druggists
No druggist of the soul bestow'd on all / So catholicly a curing cordial.
1777: Sir Lucius Cary (John Bell ed.), An Elegy on Dr. Donne (in Bell's Edition) http://books.google.com/books?vid=LCCN17023722&id=O7VxDbn1H44C&pg=PR91&lpg=PR91&dq=druggist+date:0-1800&as_brr=1
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| druggists | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Synonyms
chemist (medicine maker and seller) · pharmacist (medicine maker and seller) · apothecary (medicine maker and seller)