Storekeeper

noun, slang

noun, slang ·3 syllables ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who runs a shop, either the owner or manager.

    "When this conversation was repeated in detail within the hearing of the young woman in question, and undoubtedly for his benefit, Mr. Trevor threw shame to the winds and scandalized the Misses Brewster then and there by proclaiming his father to have been a country storekeeper."

  2. 2
    a merchant who owns or manages a shop wordnet
  3. 3
    One who is in charge of stores or goods of any kind.

    "a naval storekeeper"

  4. 4
    Any unsaleable item. US, colloquial, dated

Synonyms

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shopkeepershopkeepercatererchandlercommissariatcommissary

Example

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"The robber hurried the storekeeper to open the safe."

Etymology

From store + keeper.

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