Grocer Definition

grōsər
grocers
noun
A storekeeper who sells food and various household supplies.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • prune peddler
  • chain store manager
  • operator of a market
  • food merchant
  • greengrocer

Other Word Forms of Grocer

Noun

Singular:
grocer
Plural:
grocers

Origin of Grocer

  • Middle English wholesaler from Anglo-Norman grosser from Medieval Latin grossārius, grocerius from Late Latin grossus thick

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Grocer Sentence Examples

  • The shop on the right is a family grocer.

  • His father, Arthur Lowe Percy, a grocer, was of sufficient means to send his son to Christ Church, Oxford, in 1746.

  • His father had a grocer 's shop in St Giles's parish until the 1820s.

  • This was a grocer's shop for many years.

  • Foods can be purchased at your local grocer.

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Words Starting With

GGRGRO

Words Ending With

RERCER

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