grocer
noun /ˈɡrəʊsə(r)/
/ˈɡrəʊsər/
- a person who owns, manages or works in a shop selling food and other things used in the homeTopics Jobsb2
- grocer’s(plural grocers)a shop that sells these thingsMore Like This Shops, etc. with apostrophesShops, etc. with apostrophesTopics Shoppingc1
- baker’s
- barber’s
- butcher’s
- chemist’s
- dentist’s
- doctor’s
- fishmonger’s
- florist’s
- greengrocer’s
- grocer’s
- hairdresser’s
- ironmonger’s
- jeweller’s
- newsagent’s
- optician’s
- stationer’s
- tobacconist’s
- travel agent’s
Word OriginMiddle English (originally ‘a person who sold things in the gross’ (i.e. in large quantities)): from Old French grossier, from medieval Latin grossarius, from late Latin grossus ‘gross’.