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
Mr. Gower, the druggist, made a mistake in his fit of grief.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 7, 2022
The druggist has since turned his attention to preparing 3,000 pumpkins for a big Halloween event that was waylaid by the pandemic last year.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 29, 2021
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
I felt the weight and immensity of things impossible to explain to the druggist.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
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