department store
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of department store
An Americanism dating back to 1885–90
Example Sentences
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La Perla will hold such an event at Harrods department store in London in May.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
His father was an explosives engineer for a mining company in a little-known part of northern Spain, his mother worked in a department store.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
Get thee to a department store for some soft furnishings.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026
Left to talk, Jacobs whirls through stories of past, present and future: anecdotes about his grandmother planning her lunch spot around which department store she’d spend the day at, and memories of Bob Fosse films.
From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026
“I thought you were going to go work with your father in the department store business.”
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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