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shopper

American  
[shop-er] / ˈʃɒp ər /

noun

  1. a person who shops.

  2. comparison shopper.

  3. a retail buyer for another person or a business concern.

  4. a locally distributed newspaper of retail advertisements.


shopper British  
/ ˈʃɒpə /

noun

  1. a person who buys goods in a shop

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • nonshopper noun

Etymology

Origin of shopper

First recorded in 1860–65; shop + -er 1

Example Sentences

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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

"Right now I feel calmer than before, because pork is subject to more controls, and that reassures me when it comes to buying," says another shopper, Nati Martínez.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

The company avoids discounts, with over 80% of net sales at full price, and uses AI to help predict shopper preferences.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

“It’s a tough time to be a car shopper, and it’s a tough time to be an automaker. At the same time it is a tough time to be a dealer, too. Nobody is winning.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

The gas station has comic books, so I can pretend I’m looking at each one really close, because I’m a shopper.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri