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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


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This early monorail design was the brainchild of an unlikely crew, including noted physician Dr. Royal McClure, wealthy Sedro-Woolley druggist Albert Holland, Capitol Hill garage manager David McClay and Seattle engineering professor Robert Rockwell.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 19, 2023

Store by store, druggist by druggist, and prescription by prescription, the FDA team worked to find every patient who still had a bottle of the elixir and to confiscate the remaining medicine.

From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2022

His father was a druggist who would eventually own his own store.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 1, 2016

It is surmised that during this time, James’ brother John Monroe, who served as Clay County coroner and Rector druggist, helped to fund his brother’s travels and exile in the West.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 8, 2014

He caught a train for Chicago but quickly found that he could not work as a druggist in Illinois until he passed a licensing examination in the state capital in Springfield.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

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