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

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

According to ACT, tobacconists systematically refrain from asking for proof of age.

From BBC

School-age children were being supplied with e-cigarettes through friends or "dealers" inside and outside school, or from convenience stores and tobacconists, the report said.

From BBC

She’s not permitted to buy one there on Sundays, she’s told, but the tobacconist gives her one anyway, which she stashes under her coat.

From New York Times