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apothecary
[ uh-poth-uh-ker-ee ]
noun
, plural a·poth·e·car·ies.
- a druggist; a pharmacist.
- a pharmacy or drugstore.
- (especially in England and Ireland) a druggist licensed to prescribe medicine.
apothecary
/ əˈpɒθɪkərɪ /
noun
- an archaic word for pharmacist
- law a chemist licensed by the Society of Apothecaries of London to prescribe, prepare, and sell drugs
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Word History and Origins
Origin of apothecary1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of apothecary1
C14: from Old French apotecaire, from Late Latin apothēcārius warehouseman, from apothēca, from Greek apothēkē storehouse
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Example Sentences
The establishment is really beautiful, having the appearance more of an apothecary store, than a Grocery House.
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As for his age, he himself told the apothecary of the Bastille, a little before his death, that he believed he was about sixty.
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Having lost his father when very young, he was placed with an apothecary, with whom he lived several years.
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The next to suffer was an apothecary named Franklin, from whom the poison had been procured.
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He is, perhaps, the only person not an apothecary hereabouts.
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