storekeeper

noun — 3 senses

storekeeper

noun

Etymology From store + keeper.

1

One who runs a shop, either the owner or manager.

  • When this conversation was repeated in detail within the hearing of the young woman in question, and undoubtedly for his benefit, Mr. Trevor threw shame to the winds and scandalized the Misses Brewster then and there by proclaiming his father to have been a country storekeeper.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
2

One who is in charge of stores or goods of any kind.

  • a naval storekeeper
3

US, Colloquial, Dated Any unsaleable item.

Synonyms
shopkeeper
Related terms
bookstorekeeper

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