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storekeeper

American  
[stawr-kee-per, stohr-] / ˈstɔrˌki pər, ˈstoʊr- /

noun

storekeepers plural
  1. a person who owns a store.

  2. a person who has charge of or operates a store or stores.

  3. U.S. Navy. a petty officer in charge of a supply office afloat or ashore.


storekeeper British  
/ ˈstɔːˌkiːpə /

noun

  1. a manager, owner, or keeper of a store

"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

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Origin of storekeeper

First recorded in 1610–20; store + keeper

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According to the investigation, a Malaysian man served as storekeeper and assistant chemist, with two other locals acting as his trusted aides.

From Barron's Dec. 20, 2025

Brown is a storekeeper for the city of Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 2024

The only child of Pieter Westra, a jewelry merchant, and Hendrika van Doorn, a storekeeper, she recalled a lonely childhood in which she learned to amuse herself.

From New York Times Mar. 8, 2023

Ratnaweera Nandasiri, a 67-year-old paraplegic storekeeper and longtime supporter of the Rajapaksas, said they had provided him with a disability allowance that helped him survive during the pandemic.

From Reuters May 12, 2022

The storekeeper was standing behind a counter when Grandpa and I came through the door.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

According to the Etemad newspaper, one trader who did not give his name, complained that officials had offered no support to storekeepers battling soaring import costs.

From Barron's Dec. 30, 2025

Some of the storekeepers died, others left when they could no longer make a living.

From Washington Post Dec. 26, 2021

She pressured storekeepers to donate additional groceries for the needy, lest she step onto the street and publicly denounce them as “thieving gougers of widows and orphans.”

From Slate Sep. 7, 2021

And these workers in turn needed schoolteachers, storekeepers and doctors.

From New York Times May 25, 2021

But my storefront fainting spells became so frequent that storekeepers —for fear of going broke, I suppose—no longer gave me anything.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

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