stockist en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *stokk Old English stocc Middle English stok English stock Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English stockist From stock + -ist.
Meanings
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(Commonwealth, Ireland, UK) A retailer or distributor who has stocks of a certain type of item for sale.
But of all the tunes, the one she loved the most, and almost managed to capture in its entirety, was a song she had seen performed live back in the late 1970s, when she had first travelled to Britain with the hope of finding stockists for her clothing.
2016, Laurence Fearnley, The Quiet Spectacular, →ISBN, page 263:I need a replacement cartridge but I can't find a stockist.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| stockists | Number=Plur | lexicographic |