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storekeeper

[ stawr-kee-per, stohr- ]

noun

  1. a person who owns a store.
  2. a person who has charge of or operates a store or stores.
  3. U.S. Navy. a petty officer in charge of a supply office afloat or ashore.


storekeeper

/ ˈstɔːˌkiːpə /

noun

  1. a manager, owner, or keeper of a store
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈstoreˌkeeping, noun
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Other Words From

  • storekeeping noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of storekeeper1

First recorded in 1610–20; store + keeper
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Example Sentences

He came out to Jess Morse immediately, smiling and bowing like the suave storekeeper he was.

The storekeeper informed Mr. Bradford and Roly that the ashes of the dead were deposited in boxes in these houses.

Ike Martin, the storekeeper, had onions already sprouted in his little garden-patch, and he had sown some barley.

Nothing that I see,” said the storekeeper, “except to take it comfortable here to-night, and go over with Jeff in the morning.

Up early and to the Dock, and with the Storekeeper and other officers all the morning from one office to another.

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