shop assistant

American

noun

British.

a store clerk.

shop assistant British

noun

a person who serves in a shop

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Etymology

Origin of shop assistant

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

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

From BBC • Aug. 25, 2025

A shop assistant levels up on a smartphone game.

From Reuters • Nov. 16, 2023

Barnor pointed out a 1971 photograph of a shop assistant outside the newly established Sick-Hagemeyer color-processing laboratory in Accra.

From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2023

"I can't afford to buy dollars and my pesos devalue in my hands," says 25-year-old shop assistant Roberta.

From BBC • May 16, 2023

Turner saw a woman with a little girl at her side talking to a shop assistant who displayed a different shoe in the palm of each hand.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

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