tobacconist

American  

[tuh-bak-uh-nist] / təˈbæk ə nɪst /

noun

1. a dealer in tobacco, especially the owner of a store that sells pipe tobaccos, cigarettes, and cigars.

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tobacconist British  

/ təˈbækənɪst /

noun

1. a person or shop that sells tobacco, cigarettes, pipes, etc

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Etymology

Origin of tobacconist

1590–1600; tobacco + intrusive -n- + -ist

Example Sentences

She was standing behind the counter of her tobacconist shop in Borgo Pio, a quiet cobblestoned street lined with buildings in earthy tones and flower boxes near the Vatican.

From BBC

The slim, soft-spoken, but hugely popular Mr Attal has already won praise for empathising with a distraught tobacconist whose business was flooded in northern France.

From BBC

“I think she’s full of good ideas,” Cyrielle Bernard, a 19-year-old who lives in this picturesque Burgundy town, told me one afternoon last week, chatting in the tobacconist shop where she works.

From New York Times

Grocery stores, pharmacies, gas stations and tobacconists can stay open.

From Washington Times

"People here seem resigned to it," says tobacconist and sweet shop owner Colin Page.

From BBC