storekeeper
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2.7
- noun
- /ˈstɔrˌkipər/
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- The storekeeper managed the shop's inventory and helped customers find what they needed.
- storekeepers and merchants
Examples
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"Lydia McBride is the spoiled daughter of a high-minded storekeeper who thinks farmers like us are little better than stray livestock."
Fiction book (1990) -
The storekeeper must anticipate what "everybody's little pantry" might need and what passers-through might want.
Academic text (2018) -
Neither has the storekeeper who sold it to the boy.
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Neither had the storekeeper who sold it to the boy.
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The storekeeper said to be careful.
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There was another boy in my town, a storekeeper's son.
Fiction book (1991) -
You're the storekeeper from Hadleyberg.
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The nearby farmers, storekeepers, and merchants are nowhere to be seen.
Academic text (1998) -
The store was empty, except for the old storekeeper, Alcee Grop, who sat on a stool behind the counter.
Fiction book (1997) -
The storekeeper played the role of banker, barber, and medicine advisor (Beck 1980).
Academic text (2018)
Synonyms
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1.6
A person who controls money and work in a company
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2.4
A shop or company that sells goods to people for home use
31
1.9
A person who owns or runs a small store and sells goods to customers
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3.7
A person who runs a shop that sells goods or services
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5.3
A person who runs or works in a small shop
A man who works in a shop and helps customers
A woman who owns or runs a shop that sells things
A person who runs a market stall or shop and sells goods to customers
How Experienced
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Storekeeper is made of two parts: store ('a place to keep goods') and keeper ('someone who looks after something'), the same keeper you see in goalkeeper or zookeeper. So a storekeeper is exactly the person who 'keeps' and looks after the shop and its goods.