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grocer

nounverbattested in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ˈɡɹəʊ.sə//
  • United States//ˈɡɹoʊ.səɹ//

A person who retails groceries (foodstuffs and household items) from a grocery.

noun

  1. 1

    A person who retails groceries (foodstuffs and household items) from a grocery.

    “Cadiz isn't going to become the garbage dump capital of the world,” said Patrick Erbacher, a grocer who is vice president of the Cadiz Jaycees.

  2. 2

    A retail store that sells groceries, a grocery store.

Etymology

From Old French grossier (“wholesaler”). Compare gross.

verb

  1. 1

    To sell groceries; to act as a grocer.

Forms

plural
grocers
past tense
grocered
past participle
grocered
present participle
grocering
third person singular
grocers
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