A shopkeeper is a person who owns or manages a small shop.
[British]regional note: in AM, use storekeeper, merchant
Synonyms: retailer, trader, tradesman or woman or person, dealer More Synonyms of shopkeeper
shopkeeper in British English
(ˈʃɒpˌkiːpə)
noun
a person who owns or manages a shop or small store
Derived forms
shopkeeping (ˈshopˌkeeping)
noun
shopkeeper in American English
(ˈʃɑpˌkipər)
noun
a person who owns or operates a shop, or small store
Derived forms
shopkeeping (ˈshopˌkeeping)
noun
shopkeeper in Retail
(ʃɒpkipər)
Word forms: (regular plural) shopkeepers
noun
(Retail: Personnel)
A shopkeeper is someone who owns or manages a shop or small store.
Generally, shop employees are not shopkeepers, but are often incorrectly referred to as such.
Local shopkeepers are worried about the rise in petty theft and shoplifting.
A shopkeeper is someone who owns or manages a shop or small store.
shop
Examples of 'shopkeeper' in a sentence
shopkeeper
There are also thought to be thousands of shopkeepers and small business owners with overseas income.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The shopkeeper tells me that he has agreed to buy the whole building from the owner of the freehold.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
BRITAIN'S tobacco giants have declared war over government plans to force shopkeepers to sell cigarettes from under the counter.
The Sun (2010)
Life isn't getting any easier for independent shopkeepers.
Joanna Blythman SHOPPED: The Shocking Power of British Supermarkets (2004)
Small shopkeepers were fearful about losing business to the new retail giants, but most people welcomed them.
Joanna Blythman SHOPPED: The Shocking Power of British Supermarkets (2004)
Within a week, small shopkeepers' sales had tumbled.
Joanna Blythman SHOPPED: The Shocking Power of British Supermarkets (2004)
As a group of small shopkeepers in Lincoln, we are in a really difficult situation.
The Sun (2008)
Top shopkeepers say cuts are working, but where's the growth?
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Most commercial insurance covers criminal acts, but there are also fears that many independent shopkeepers will be forced to pay for repairs because they lack insurance.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Along the empty high street of Coldstream, most of the shopkeepers say they will be voting for the union.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Tell the freeholder that he must serve a Section 5 notice on you before trying to sell to the shopkeeper.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Other people were also better off, because much of the extra money had been spent locally, benefiting shopkeepers and small enterprises.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Daughter of a shopkeeper, I say.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
It was a typical shop in a country with a planned economy: the less the shopkeepers sell, the better it seems to them.
Magnouloux, Bernard Travels with Rosinante (1990)
In other languages
shopkeeper
British English: shopkeeper /ˈʃɒpˌkiːpə/ NOUN
A shopkeeper is a person who owns a small shop.
American English: storekeeper
Arabic: صَاحِبُ الـمَتْجَر
Brazilian Portuguese: lojista
Chinese: 店主
Croatian: vlasnik trgovine
Czech: obchodník majitel obchodu
Danish: butiksindehaver
Dutch: winkelier
European Spanish: tendero tienda
Finnish: kauppias
French: commerçant
German: Ladenbesitzer
Greek: καταστηματάρχης
Italian: negoziante
Japanese: 店主
Korean: 상점 주인
Norwegian: butikkeier
Polish: sklepikarz
European Portuguese: lojista
Romanian: negustor
Russian: владелец магазина
Latin American Spanish: tendero
Swedish: butiksinnehavare
Thai: เจ้าของร้าน
Turkish: bakkal
Ukrainian: власник магазину
Vietnamese: người chủ cửa hàng
British English: shop-keeper NOUN
A shop-keeper is a person who owns or manages a small shop.
American English: shopkeeper
Brazilian Portuguese: lojista
Chinese: 店主
European Spanish: tendero
French: commerçant
German: Geschäftsinhaber
Italian: negoziante
Japanese: 店主
Korean: 가게 주인
European Portuguese: lojista
Latin American Spanish: tendero
Chinese translation of 'shopkeeper'
shopkeeper
(ˈʃɔpkiːpəʳ) (Brit)
n(c)
店主 (diànzhǔ) (个(個), gè)
美 = storekeeper
(noun)
Definition
a person who owns or manages a shop
a struggling shopkeeper unable to pay his rent
Synonyms
retailer
trader
traders at the Stock Exchange
tradesman or woman or person
dealer
She is an antique dealer.
seller
a flower seller
salesperson
vendor
There are over four-hundred street vendors in the capital.
shop owner
Additional synonyms
in the sense of dealer
Definition
a person or organization whose business involves buying and selling things