as in pharmacist
a person who prepares drugs according to a doctor's prescription
she got her prescription for antibiotics filled by the druggist
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White supports his theories with some crucial pieces of overlooked evidence, such as a brief mention in a newspaper story connecting Berner to a druggist who would have had access to strychnine.
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Maia Silber, The New Yorker, 30 May 2022
His father, a druggist and the village president of Blue River, Wisconsin, had served in the 54th Infantry during World War I.
—Ron Grossman, chicagotribune.com, 2 Dec. 2021
Some were tradesmen—people like coach and harness maker Charles Bebee, goldsmith Jean Claude Mairot, and druggist Joseph Dufilho.
—Joshua D. Rothman, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Apr. 2021
Pemberton, a pharmacist, sold the formula to a fellow-druggist, Asa Griggs Candler, and for years it could be found only at white soda fountains.
—Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2021
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Maia Silber, The New Yorker, 30 May 2022
His father, a druggist and the village president of Blue River, Wisconsin, had served in the 54th Infantry during World War I.
—Ron Grossman, chicagotribune.com, 2 Dec. 2021
Some were tradesmen—people like coach and harness maker Charles Bebee, goldsmith Jean Claude Mairot, and druggist Joseph Dufilho.
—Joshua D. Rothman, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Apr. 2021
Pemberton, a pharmacist, sold the formula to a fellow-druggist, Asa Griggs Candler, and for years it could be found only at white soda fountains.
—Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2021
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