shop assistant

American

noun

British.

a store clerk.

shop assistant British

noun

a person who serves in a shop

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shop assistants

plural

Etymology

Origin of shop assistant

First recorded in 1895–1900

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shop assistant

Promise Fulstow, a shop assistant at gift shop, U Melt Me, says the area is reliant on the people who come to visit and spend money.

From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2026

Samantha McFarland, 17, was killed alongside her best friend Lorraine Wilson, 15, while working as a voluntary shop assistant for the charity Oxfam.

From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2025

A shop assistant levels up on a smartphone game.

From Reuters ● Nov. 16, 2023

When the shop assistant from Bangor, County Down, first went missing, police said they could not rule out a crime.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2023

“So you won’t mind proving my accusations are totally pathetic by emptying your bag. Imagine how stupid this shop assistant will look when there are no earrings in it!”

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

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