grocer

[ groh-ser ]
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noun
  1. the owner or operator of a store that sells general food supplies and certain nonedible articles of household use, as soaps and paper products.

Origin of grocer

1
1325–75; Middle English <Old French gross(i)er wholesale merchant. See gross, -er2

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grocer

/ (ˈɡrəʊsə) /


noun
  1. a dealer in foodstuffs and other household supplies

Origin of grocer

1
C15: from Old French grossier, from gros large; see gross

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