groceress

noun

groceress

noun

Etymology From grocer + -ess.

1

Dated A female grocer.

  • 'I can recollect Mrs. Winter very well, if nobody else can,' said the aged groceress.1891, Thomas Hardy, The Winters and The Palmleys:

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