grocer

[ groh-ser ]

noun

1. the owner or operator of a store that sells general food supplies and certain nonedible articles of household use, as soaps and paper products.

grocer

/ ˈɡrəʊsə /

noun

1. a dealer in foodstuffs and other household supplies

Word History and Origins

Origin of grocer¹

1325–75; Middle English < Old French gross ( i ) er wholesale merchant. See gross, -er ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of grocer¹

C15: from Old French grossier, from gros large; see gross

Example Sentences

The more they spend on their cards, the more their selected organization will receive directly from the grocer at the end of the year.

From Washington Post

Air-freight is an option, though the grocer hopes that France and Britain will reach an agreement to reopen links, spokeswoman Victoria Durman said.

From Fortune

So instead of going for meal kit at a giant grocer, people can continue to support local businesses in creative ways.

From Eater

In fact, one agency told Modern Retail that retailers — including grocers — are looking into building their own branded games.

From Digiday

Many local small businesses—the mom-and-pop grocer, the shoe store, even my barber—have struggled or gone under, leaving gaping holes in the fabric of our local downtown and business community.

From Fortune

The grocer associations and food companies face a political conundrum.

From The Daily Beast

Costco is doing very well for a grocer, but very poorly for a department store, the category to which Walmart technically belongs.

From The Daily Beast

At Walmart, which is many peoples' grocer, clothier, and auto supply shop, long lines would cost them a lot of business.

From The Daily Beast

His father was a gentle, honorable grocer, but his mother was “moody” and “humorless,” he said.

From The Daily Beast

In the essay, Havel imagines a grocer hanging a "Workers of the World, Unite!"

From The Daily Beast

She had once been almost as emphatic in expressing herself upon the subject as the corner grocer.

From Project Gutenberg

"Maybe the grocer's wagon will be up before ten o'clock and he might carry you," suggested Mrs. Chester.

From Project Gutenberg

It proved to be a grocer's boy instead of Mr. Bills, and Mrs. Biggs came back just as Howard was presenting the slippers.

From Project Gutenberg

Grosvenor square centre house valued at 10,000, was raffled for and won by Mrs. Hunt, a grocer's wife in Piccadilly.

From Project Gutenberg

The old grocer Auffray died at the time of the Empire without having had time enough to make his will.

From Project Gutenberg