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apothecary

[ uh-poth-uh-ker-ee ]

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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

See pharmacist
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

1325–75; Middle English (< Old French ) < Medieval Latin apothēcārius seller of spices and drugs, Late Latin: shopkeeper, equivalent to Latin apothēc ( a ) shop, storehouse (< Greek apothḗkē; apo-, theca ) + -ārius -ary

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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

She started an apothecary business after his death to help other people build their immune systems to better fend off infections.

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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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