apothecary
a druggist; a pharmacist.
a pharmacy or drugstore.
(especially in England and Ireland) a druggist licensed to prescribe medicine.
Origin of apothecary
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How to use apothecary in a sentence
She started an apothecary business after his death to help other people build their immune systems to better fend off infections.
Small Business Saturday spotlights pandemic-inspired entrepreneurship | Emily Davies | November 28, 2020 | Washington PostThe establishment is really beautiful, having the appearance more of an apothecary store, than a Grocery House.
As for his age, he himself told the apothecary of the Bastille, a little before his death, that he believed he was about sixty.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10) | Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)Having lost his father when very young, he was placed with an apothecary, with whom he lived several years.
The next to suffer was an apothecary named Franklin, from whom the poison had been procured.
Witch, Warlock, and Magician | William Henry Davenport Adams
He is, perhaps, the only person not an apothecary hereabouts.
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British Dictionary definitions for apothecary
/ (əˈpɒθɪkərɪ) /
an archaic word for pharmacist
law a chemist licensed by the Society of Apothecaries of London to prescribe, prepare, and sell drugs
Origin of apothecary
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