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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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The New York native had worked as a trade publication editor and publisher for American Druggist, High-Tech Marketing, Menswear and Sports Marketing News.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2022

The Druggist of Auschwitz is a “documentary” novel.

From The Guardian • Jan. 23, 2020

In 1917, a trade magazine called Northwestern Druggist reported on a soda counter offering a Lillian Gish sundae, a Baggot phosphate, and a Theda Bara cocktail.

From Slate • Feb. 17, 2014

The Mansfield scholarship somehow fell into the hands of Druggist Fitch.

From Time Magazine Archive

Look, press here, Mister Druggist, do you feel the swelling there?

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier

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