shopkeeper

[shop-kee-per]

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noun

a retail merchant or tradesman; a person who owns or operates a small store or shop.

Origin of shopkeeper

First recorded in 1520–30; shop + keeper

Related formsshop·keep·ing, noun

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Examples from the Web for shopkeeper

Contemporary Examples

“We were inside and heard a noise much louder than usual,” said one shopkeeper, who did not want to be identified.
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Eliot Higgins
August 2, 2014
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 Killed
Daniel Genis
July 1, 2014
I have been a shopkeeper since I was 21, I have worked in a shop since I was 15.
5 Questions for Paul Smith
Tom Sykes
February 17, 2013
“We get airstrikes every two or three days, depending on the weather,” says Abdul, a shopkeeper.
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Jamie Dettmer
December 20, 2012
That attitude is echoed by Aryan, a 45-year-old Kabul shopkeeper.
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Sami Yousafzai, Ron Moreau
April 19, 2012

Historical Examples

You can look into their mouths where the shopkeeper used to dip out the wine.
Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae
Jennie Hall
And he added, "'Horace was the son of a shopkeeper'—Horace who?"
Ruggles of Red Gap
Harry Leon Wilson
He, the shopkeeper, is superior to such broad and obvious humor as that.
The American Mind
Bliss Perry
He was a shopkeeper in Oughterarde, and known to the whole neighbourhood.
St. Patrick's Eve
Charles James Lever
I expressed my immense preference for the shopkeeper of the two.
'Twixt Land & Sea
Joseph Conrad

British Dictionary definitions for shopkeeper

shopkeeper

noun

a person who owns or manages a shop or small store

Derived Formsshopkeeping, noun

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Word Origin and History for shopkeeper

n.

1520s, from shop (n.) + keeper.

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Examples from the Web for shopkeeper

Contemporary Examples

“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 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

You can look into their mouths where the shopkeeper used to dip out the wine.

And he added, "'Horace was the son of a shopkeeper'—Horace who?"

He, the shopkeeper, is superior to such broad and obvious humor as that.

He was a shopkeeper in Oughterarde, and known to the whole neighbourhood.

I expressed my immense preference for the shopkeeper of the two.

shopkeeper

Word Origin and History for shopkeeper

n.

Origin of shopkeeper