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shopkeeper

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shop·keep·er  (shpkpr)
n.
One who owns or manages a shop.
shopkeeper
Noun
a person who owns or manages a shop
shopkeeping n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.shopkeepershopkeeper - a merchant who owns or manages a shop
market keeper, storekeeper, tradesman
tradespeople - people engaged in trade
dry cleaner, cleaner - the operator of dry-cleaning establishment
florist - someone who grows and deals in flowers; "the florist made up an attractive bouquet"
hosier - a tradesman who sells hosiery and (in England) knitwear
merchandiser, merchant - a businessperson engaged in retail trade
newsagent, newsdealer, newsstand operator, newsvendor - someone who sells newspapers
tobacconist - a retail dealer in tobacco and tobacco-related articles
Translations
shopkeeper [ˈʃɔpkiːpəʳ] n (BRIT) → tendero/a
shopkeeper [ˈʃɔpkiːpəʳ] shop n → marchand(e) → commerçant(e)
shopkeeper [ˈʃɔpkiːpəʳ] shop n → Geschäftsinhaber(in) m(f), Ladenbesitzer(in) m(f)
shopkeeper [ˈʃɔpkiːpəʳ] n → negoziante m/f; bottegaio/a


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Approaching the shopkeeper, who had been narrowly observing him as he read the placard, he was about to speak, when the shopkeeper called to a salesman:
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I dropped in there while Marco, the son of Marco, was haggling with a shopkeeper over a quarter of a pound of salt, and asked for change for a twenty-dollar gold piece.
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He had sketched this new pose, when all at once he recalled the face of a shopkeeper of whom he had bought cigars, a vigorous face with a prominent chin, and he sketched this very face, this chin on to the figure of the man.
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