shop assistant

American

noun

British.

a store clerk.

shop assistant British

noun

a person who serves in a shop

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Noun Inflected Forms

shop assistants

plural

Etymology

Origin of shop assistant

First recorded in 1895–1900

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shop assistant

"I feel China is very simple," says Ms Chen, the Kinmen shop assistant.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2025

A shop assistant also said that she heard a lot of shouting and screaming and that people started running in the direction of the incident, the paper reported.

From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2025

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

‘Are you sure you haven’t made a mistake?’ my mother said to the shop assistant.

From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl

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