shopper
Americannoun
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a person who shops.
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a retail buyer for another person or a business concern.
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a locally distributed newspaper of retail advertisements.
noun
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Origin of shopper
Example Sentences
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There was no-one else around to help, and Asadian said he backed off before seeing the attacker walk into the greengrocer's next to the bus stop, as if he was a "normal shopper".
From BBC • May 3, 2026
With the help of UPS’s network of trucks, Happy moves returns from shopper drop-off back to retailers’ docks in as little as 3.6 days, with an average return transit time of seven days.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
And, sure, try out a personal shopper or interior designer, after asking to see their work.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026
Which is the most important next-gen shopper now—Gen Z, born roughly between 1996 and 2010, or Gen Alpha, born after?
From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026
He's not really that much of a shopper, so I figured that if he had managed to find these things, they must have been right out in the open where anyone could have spotted them.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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