shopkeeper

noun

shop·​keep·​er ˈshäp-ˌkē-pər How to pronounce shopkeeper (audio)

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Indian shopkeepers sell summer fruit watermelons at their roadside stalls in a market area in Siliguri, India on May 2, 2025. Ganesh Rao,lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 13 May 2025 California String of unsolved ‘transphobic’ attacks target MacArthur Park shopkeeper May 3, 2025 Shoshanna Scholar, director of harm reduction for L.A. County, said the key to saving lives is clear: Ramp up naloxone distribution and overdose prevention efforts in high-risk communities. Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025 Students from the nearby high school flocked to Helen’s for burgers and shakes, and local shopkeepers took multiple meals a day there. Hanna Raskin, Southern Living, 20 Mar. 2025 Women glide past, a mix of 19th-century bordello madams, shopkeepers and wives of wealthy burghers. Richard Grant, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for shopkeeper

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First Known Use

1530, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of shopkeeper was in 1530

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“Shopkeeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shopkeeper. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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shopkeeper

noun
shop·​keep·​er ˈshäp-ˌkē-pər How to pronounce shopkeeper (audio)

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