Shopkeeperess

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Female equivalent of shopkeeper. dated, feminine, form-of

    "Mr. Gilman of South Carolina (Charleston) formerly of Salem—(son to the shopkeeperess) wrote the masterly analysis of Brown’s philosophy."

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"Mr. Gilman of South Carolina (Charleston) formerly of Salem—(son to the shopkeeperess) wrote the masterly analysis of Brown’s philosophy."

Etymology

From shopkeeper + -ess.

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