shopkeeper
nounUK /ˈʃɒpkiːpə/ · US /ˈʃɑpkiːpɚ/
Etymology From shop + keeper.
1
A trader who sells goods in a shop, or by retail, in distinction from one who sells by wholesale, or sells door to door.
- The retail trade of the borough also suffered, for the shopkeepers found it difficult to attract the occupiers of the luxurious villas fast rising on Surbiton Hill, and the shops erected near the station [in Surbiton] made the competition still more keen.1958 July 23, J. Spencer Gilks, “Railway Development at Kingston-upon-Thames—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 449:
- Synonyms
- storekeeper
- Derived terms
- shopkeeperess, shopkeeperish, shopkeeperism, shopkeeperly, shopkeeper's privilege
- Related terms
- bookshopkeeper, dramshopkeeper