storekeeper

American  

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

noun

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.

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storekeeper British  

/ ˈstɔːˌkiːpə /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

• storekeeping
  noun

Etymology

Origin of storekeeper

First recorded in 1610–20; store + keeper

Example Sentences

"The way the Japanese planes were coming in, when they dropped bombs, they'd drop them and then circle back," said Leavelle, a 21-year-old Navy Storekeeper Second Class at the time of the attack.

From Reuters • Dec. 7, 2016

Storekeeper Fluit, for example, is "gravely ill" with the conviction that "man, nature and evil powers" are all plotting against him, and that to survive he must be "sullen, suspicious and constantly on guard."

From Time Magazine Archive

Using his radio to ballyhoo his goods Storekeeper Field sells seeds, prunes, typewriters, hams, shirts, overalls, shoes paints, tires, pigs et al.

From Time Magazine Archive

Storekeeper William H. Zuber summed it up: "Too many eggs in one basket."

From Time Magazine Archive

The others record the names of the "infant son and daughters of Mr. G. Smith, Commissariat Storekeeper," and of "Edward Marvin, who died 4th July, 1821, aged 21 years."

From By Rock and Pool on an Austral Shore, and Other Stories by Becke, Louis

Related Words

• grocer