shopkeeper
31
1.9
- noun
- /ˈʃɑpˌkipər/
:
tendero
- After a long day, the shopkeeper closed the store and counted the cash from the register.
- shopkeepers and artisans
- shopkeepers and merchants
- small shopkeepers
He goes back to Chicago, works for his father-in-law, some shopkeeper in Chicago.
- He goes back to Chicago, works for his father-in-law, some shopkeeper in Chicago.
- So you went with a note for the shopkeeper?
- Kant begins with an example of a shopkeeper.
- Most of the SA members were from the middle or lower middle class clerks, shopkeepers or low ranking officials.
- Now, in order to make that happen, City Hall had to dispossess many of these Vietnamese refugee shopkeepers, including my parents.
- Let's do it for women, girls, shopkeepers and people who are too frequently getting stabbed to death.
- Nesta kind of uses her nasty attitude to help this like really annoying man who's clearly harassing the shopkeeper.
Examples
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On either side of me, shopkeepers were tending their wares in small spaces dark as caves.
Fiction book (1993) -
I saw you had it, but the shopkeeper distracted you and you forgot it.
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But me, I'm a shopkeeper.
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A few shopkeepers, a few professionals.
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The street was quiet, with only other shopkeepers fighting the miserable weather.
Fiction book (1990) -
All groups had laborers who advanced to become craftsmen, shopkeepers, and professionals.
Academic text (1991) -
Price liberalization measures help small producers, shopkeepers, traders, and craftsmen by lifting state controls on producer prices.
Academic text (1995) -
Housewives open shutters, shopkeepers sweep storefronts of fruit stands, pottery, and linen shops.
Fiction book (1994) -
The shopkeeper greeted every customer with a warm smile and helpful advice.
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The shopkeeper displayed colorful signs in the window to attract more customers.
Synonyms
205
2.4
A shop or company that sells goods to people for home use
203
2.1
A person or company that buys and sells goods, often in shops
29
1.0
A person who runs a shop that sells food and small things for the home
22
2.1
A person or shop that sells books
7
2.7
A person who owns or manages a shop and looks after its daily work
7
2.9
A person who owns or runs a company
3
8.9
A person who sells men's clothes, accessories, and sewing items like buttons
3
4.5
A person or company that buys and sells goods in shops
1
3.7
A person who runs a shop that sells goods or services
1
5.3
A person who runs or works in a small shop
1
6.1
A person or shop that sells men's clothes, especially suits and formal clothes
A man who works in a shop and helps customers
A person who runs a market stall or shop and sells goods to customers
A woman who owns or runs a shop that sells things
A person who buys and sells goods in a shop or market
A person or company that sells goods to people in small amounts for them to use
A person who runs a supermarket
A person who owns or manages a large store that sells food
Antonyms
How Senior
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Shopkeeper is made of two simple parts: shop and keeper. A shop is a place that sells things and keeper comes from 'keep', meaning 'to hold' or 'look after' (think of a goalkeeper), so a shopkeeper is someone who 'looks after' and runs a shop.