shopkeeper
- a retail merchant or tradesman; a person who owns or operates a small store or shop.
Origin of shopkeeper
Related Words for shopkeeper
entrepreneur, storekeeper, vendor, dealer, retailer, proprietor, businessperson, salesperson, seller, wholesalerExamples from the Web for shopkeeper
Contemporary Examples of shopkeeper
“We were inside and heard a noise much louder than usual,” said one shopkeeper, who did not want to be identified.
The shopkeeper unlocked a door for us and we went down a narrow spiral staircase to a communal hole in the wall.
I Heard About the Latest Crazed Shooter While I Watched the World Cup with Guys He Almost KilledDaniel Genis
July 1, 2014
I have been a shopkeeper since I was 21, I have worked in a shop since I was 15.
“We get airstrikes every two or three days, depending on the weather,” says Abdul, a shopkeeper.
That attitude is echoed by Aryan, a 45-year-old Kabul shopkeeper.
Historical Examples of shopkeeper
You can look into their mouths where the shopkeeper used to dip out the wine.
Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, MycenaeJennie Hall
And he added, "'Horace was the son of a shopkeeper'—Horace who?"
Ruggles of Red GapHarry Leon Wilson
He, the shopkeeper, is superior to such broad and obvious humor as that.
The American MindBliss Perry
He was a shopkeeper in Oughterarde, and known to the whole neighbourhood.
St. Patrick's EveCharles James Lever
I expressed my immense preference for the shopkeeper of the two.
'Twixt Land & SeaJoseph Conrad
shopkeeper
- a person who owns or manages a shop or small store