druggist

[ druhg-ist ]

/ ˈdrʌg ɪst /

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noun

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

the owner or operator of a drugstore.

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Origin of druggist

1605–15; drug¹ + -ist; compare French droguiste

Words nearby druggist

drug-driving, Drug Enforcement Administration, drugged-out, drugget, druggie, druggist, druggy, drug holiday, drugless, drug lord, drugmaker

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How to use druggist in a sentence

“The presence of these chemicals all points to collaboration between the violin makers and the local drugstore and druggist,” Nagyvary said in a press release.
You might like Stradivarius violins because worms hate them|Sara Chodosh|August 18, 2021|Popular-Science
Like Amazon today, A&P used its massive purchasing power to squeeze and manipulate the business practices of tens of thousands of farmers, druggists, wholesalers and vendors of every sort.
Can a grand bargain empower Amazon’s workers and limit corporate power?|Nelson Lichtenstein|March 25, 2021|Washington Post
A druggist, therefore, who affixes a wrong label to a bottle of medicine and thereby injures a person who uses it is responsible.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
Get, at a druggist's, half an ounce of each of these articles, and have them mixed and pounded together in a mortar.
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness|Florence Hartley

Sometimes a druggist will remember selling some poison to kill a dog or as an insecticide.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
A certain druggist utilized old electric bulbs for displaying dye colors.
The Boy Mechanic, Book 2|Various
The baker and his wife, the grocer, the—the—the—watchmaker—the—shoemaker—the—the druggist with Mrs. Druggist.
Maupassant Original Short Stories (180), Complete|Guy de Maupassant

British Dictionary definitions for druggist

druggist

/ (ˈdrʌɡɪst) /

noun

US and Canadian a person qualified to prepare and dispense drugsAlso called: pharmacist

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