shopkeeper

noun

shop·​keep·​er ˈshäp-ˌkē-pər How to pronounce shopkeeper (audio)

Examples of shopkeeper in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Of the events, the shopkeepers at the edge of what is now Stuyvesant Town were entirely unaware. Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024 Taylor Luck Feeling alone, local officials search for homegrown solutions Mohammed, the shopkeeper, has tried to help the situation. Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Sep. 2024 The shopkeeper enthusiastically takes me through the different periods of Japanese pottery. Natalie Stoclet, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024 Yeoman farmers and small-town shopkeepers were the foot soldiers of manifest destiny—the notion that democracy and prosperity would stretch from coast to coast. Charles A. Kupchan, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2018 See all Example Sentences for shopkeeper 

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Word History

First Known Use

1530, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of shopkeeper was in 1530

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“Shopkeeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shopkeeper. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.

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shopkeeper

noun
shop·​keep·​er ˈshäp-ˌkē-pər How to pronounce shopkeeper (audio)

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