shop assistant
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of shop assistant
First recorded in 1895–1900
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
A shop assistant also said that she heard a lot of shouting and screaming and that people started running in the direction of the incident, the paper reported.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2025
Samantha McFarland, 17, was killed alongside her best friend Lorraine Wilson, 15, while working as a voluntary shop assistant for the charity Oxfam.
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2025
A shop assistant levels up on a smartphone game.
From Reuters • Nov. 16, 2023
When the shop assistant from Bangor, County Down, first went missing, police said they could not rule out a crime.
From BBC • Jul. 22, 2023
Her mother ignored her; she was talking to the shop assistant.
From "Coraline" by Neil Gaiman
![]()
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.