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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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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

Mr. Gower, the druggist, made a mistake in his fit of grief.

From Washington Post • Jan. 7, 2022

Prosecutors say Esparza from late 2012 until September 2015 was the druggist in charge of Trinity Pharmacy in Carrollton.

From Washington Times • May 10, 2016

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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