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druggist

American  
[druhg-ist] / ˈdrʌg ɪst /

noun

  1. a person who compounds or prepares drugs according to medical prescriptions; apothecary; pharmacist; dispensing chemist.

  2. the owner or operator of a drugstore.


druggist British  
/ ˈdrʌɡɪst /

noun

  1. Also called: pharmacist.  a person qualified to prepare and dispense drugs

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of druggist

1605–15; drug 1 + -ist; compare French droguiste

Example Sentences

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The New York native had worked as a trade publication editor and publisher for American Druggist, High-Tech Marketing, Menswear and Sports Marketing News.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2022

The Druggist of Auschwitz is a “documentary” novel.

From The Guardian • Jan. 23, 2020

In 1917, a trade magazine called Northwestern Druggist reported on a soda counter offering a Lillian Gish sundae, a Baggot phosphate, and a Theda Bara cocktail.

From Slate • Feb. 17, 2014

Simultaneously, The American Druggist statisticketed U.S. women: More than half use rouge; 71 in 100 use perfume; 90 in 100 use face powder; 73 in 100 use toilet water; 15 in 100 use lipstick.

From Time Magazine Archive

Look, press here, Mister Druggist, do you feel the swelling there?

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier