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.

RELATED WORDS

apothecary, pharmacologist

Nearby words

Origin of druggist

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

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Examples from the Web for druggist

A druggist was obliged to move from his corner store four doors east on a side street.
Business English|Rose Buhlig
On the way home to his room Suvaroff suddenly remembered that he had a friend who was a druggist.
The Best Short Stories of 1917|Various
Thereupon he would see himself carried to the druggist's amid the crowd that had collected.
The Nabob, Volume 1 (of 2)|Alphonse Daudet
The doctor had made an aquarium for Hoyle, using a great glass jar which he obtained from a druggist in Farington.
The Mountain Girl|Payne Erskine

She was a German girl, and she asked my father, who is a druggist, for a label.
St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, V. 5, April 1878|Various

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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Word Origin and History for druggist

druggist

1610s, from French droguiste, from droge (see drug (n.)). Earlier drugger (1590s).