tobacconist

[ tuh-bak-uh-nist ]

noun

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

tobacconist

/ təˈbækənɪst /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of tobacconist¹

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

Example Sentences

His cigarette, I could tell, was something special, not a brand you could buy from the corner tobacconist.

From The Daily Beast

The work is dedicated to Humphrey King, a tobacconist, and is full of curious sayings in regard to the plant.

From Project Gutenberg

The tobacconist whom he thus favored was his under-treasurer, Hardham, whom no writer about snuff should omit to notice.

From Project Gutenberg

An odd feature of the church is the little shop built in the base of the tower, where a tobacconist now plies his trade.

From Project Gutenberg

He hurried back to the tobacconist's where the telephone sign had been.

From Project Gutenberg

He bought a good cigar at the first tobacconist's and went down to the quay with a light step.

From Project Gutenberg