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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Someone who owns a shop.

   "Abid Ali Majeed, 75, a shopowner, complained that the killers should never have been allowed so close to a populated area."

Synonyms

All synonyms

storeownerstoreowner

Example

More examples

"The shopowner did not realise that many of his wares had already expired."

Etymology

From shop + owner.

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