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shop assistant

American  

noun

British.
  1. a store clerk.


shop assistant British  

noun

  1. a person who serves 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

Etymology

Origin of shop assistant

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

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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

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