storekeeper en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
Etymology
From store + keeper.
Meanings
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One who runs a shop, either the owner or manager.
When this conversation was repeated in detail within the hearing of the young woman in question, and undoubtedly for his benefit, Mr. Trevor threw shame to the winds and scandalized the Misses Brewster then and there by proclaiming his father to have been a country storekeeper.
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
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One who is in charge of stores or goods of any kind.
a naval storekeeper
- (US, colloquial, dated) Any unsaleable item.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| storekeepers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Synonyms
Translations (22)
bn দোকানদার (person who runs a shop) · io butikisto (person who runs a shop) · pl sklepikarz (person who runs a shop) · bn দোকানী (person who runs a shop) · esu kap'aniskaq (person who runs a shop) · bn তহরি (person who runs a shop) · mk дуќа́нџија (person who runs a shop) · fi kauppias (person who runs a shop) · yi קרעמער (person who runs a shop) · es tendero (person who runs a shop) · bg магазинер (person who runs a shop) · de Krämer (person who runs a shop) · ota دكانجی (person who runs a shop) · la tabernārius (person who runs a shop) · sa कोष्ठागारिक (person who runs a shop) · fr commerçant (person who runs a shop) · grc σκευοφύλαξ (person who runs a shop) · de Ladenbesitzer (person who runs a shop) · pl sklepikarka (person who runs a shop) · es tiendero (person who runs a shop) · nl winkelier (person who runs a shop) · ota مغازهجی (person who runs a shop)