noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A person who sells tobacco, cigarettes, cigars, snuff and sundry items. dated
2. 2
   a shop that sells pipes and pipe tobacco and cigars and cigarettes wordnet
3. 3
   A tobacconist's shop. dated

   "This historic and fragrant tobacconist of old still today is decorated with team pictures and other Harvardiana […]"

4. 4
   a retail dealer in tobacco and tobacco-related articles wordnet
5. 5
   A person who is addicted to smoking tobacco. dated

Synonyms

All synonyms

antique storeapothecaryautomobile showroombakerbookdealerbookseller

Example

More examples

"People used to buy their smokes at a tobacconist. Now they buy them at a convenience store."

Etymology

From tobacco + -n- + -ist.

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