druggist
Americannoun
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a person who compounds or prepares drugs according to medical prescriptions; apothecary; pharmacist; dispensing chemist.
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the owner or operator of a drugstore.
noun
Etymology
Origin of druggist
Example Sentences
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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
A Jewish boy from the Bronx goes into show business even though his mother wants him to be a druggist.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2020
His father was a druggist who would eventually own his own store.
From Washington Post • Dec. 1, 2016
Townspeople like Gower the druggist, Ernie the cabdriver, Bert the cop — George knew them all by name, and he knew their stories.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 17, 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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