greengrocer

American  

[green-groh-ser] / ˈgrinˌgroʊ sər /

noun

Chiefly British.

• greengrocers
  plural

1. a retailer of fresh vegetables and fruit.

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greengrocer British  

/ ˈɡriːnˌɡrəʊsə /

noun

1. a retail trader in fruit and vegetables

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• greengrocery
  noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• greengrocers
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of greengrocer

First recorded in 1715–25; green + grocer

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Example Sentences

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But greengrocer Mohamed Hassan was adamant: "I see this as a victory for the Somali people... those willing to participate should proceed, and whoever wins should lead the country."

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

Havel tells the apocryphal story of a greengrocer who refuses to place a sign proclaiming “Workers of the world, unite!” in his shop window.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

By declining to endorse the mantra, Havel wrote, the greengrocer goes from “living within a lie” to “living within the truth.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

Over at The Fruit Machine greengrocer stall, Tom Cresswell also has a long line of customers, and he said most paid by card.

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2025

Hassan kissed Aziz quickly, so the greengrocer across the street and his wife—who spoke to their individual cats more than to each other—would not spread rumors that the young couple were indecent.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

In Australia, Chinese takeaways date back to the 1850s, when Chinese cookhouses and greengrocers provided for gold miners in remote parts of the country.

From Salon ● May 30, 2023

Police said the animal had escaped from Newquay Zoo, in Cornwall, on Friday, and was spotted by staff from Freshpoint greengrocers, about half-a-mile away.

From BBC ● May 30, 2023

Neither Lewis nor Flora had a farming background; Lewis's parents were greengrocers and Flora's were teachers.

From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2019

We needed some essentials for our bikes, and found a little motorcycle workshop down a backstreet, incongruous among a jumble of North African greengrocers.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 10, 2018

First, because greengrocers are self-evidently horny- thumbed people who do not live by words.

From "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Author

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