Shopper

//ˈʃɒp.ə// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who shops.

    "The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters such as ostrich, wild boar and crocodile."

  2. 2
    someone who visits stores in search of articles to buy wordnet
  3. 3
    A free local newspaper containing advertisements for local shops etc; sometimes includes discount coupons.
  4. 4
    a commercial agent who shops at the competitor's store in order to compare their prices and merchandise with those of the store that employs them wordnet
  5. 5
    A kind of bicycle suited to riding short distances.

    "Every conceivable type of cycle's represented; modern stripped down carbon fibre race bikes, state of the art touring machines and humble shoppers, tandems, tandem trikes, racing trikes and shopping trikes, mountain and BMX bikes."

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  1. 6
    A plastic shopping bag. Pakistan

Synonyms

All synonyms
consumercustomer

Example

More examples

"I'm not wealthy enough to afford a personal shopper."

Etymology

From shop + -er.

Related phrases

comparison shoppere-shoppermystery shopperpersonal shoppersecret shoppervaccine shopperwindow-shoppermall connotationperson buyingstores mallsusa pastime

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