shop·per I. \ˈshäpə(r)\noun (-s) 1.: one that shops for goods or services especially in a store : customer, purchaser < shoppers were three deep at the bargain counter > < shoppers, going from one community agency to another — H.A.Rusk > 2.: one whose occupation is shopping as an agent for customers or for an employer — see comparison shopper, personal shopper II. noun : a usually free paper carrying advertising and sometimes local news