Grocer

Gro′cer

,

Noun.

[Formerly written

grosser

, orig., one who sells by the

gross

, or deals by wholesale, fr. F.

grossier

, marchand

grossier

, fr.

gros

large, great. See

Gross

.]

A trader who deals in foods such as meats, dairy products, produce, tea, sugar, spices, coffee, fruits, and various other commodities.

Grocer’s itch

(Med.)

,

a disease of the skin, caused by handling sugar and treacle.

Grocer

GRO'CER

,

Noun.

A trader who deals in tea, sugar, spices, coffee, liquors, fruits, &c.

grocer

English

Noun

grocer ‎(plural grocers)

A person who sells groceries (foodstuffs and household items) retail from a grocery.

Derived terms

Translations

person selling foodstuffs and household items

Albanian: bakall (sq), ****ës (sq)
Arabic: بَقَّال m ‎(baqqāl)
Bulgarian: бакалин (bg) m ‎(bakalin)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 雜貨商 (zh), 杂货商 (zh) ‎(záhuòshāng)
Czech: hokynář (cs) m
Dutch: kruidenier (nl), kruidenierster
Esperanto: spicisto
French: épicier (fr) f, épicière (fr) f
German: Lebensmittelhändler m, Lebensmittelhändlerin (de) f, Kaufmann (de) m, Kauffrau (de) f
Greek: μπακάλης (el) m ‎(bakális), παντοπώλης (el) m ‎(pantopólis)
Hindi: pansari ‎(pansari)

Italian: droghiere (it) m, droghiera f
Norman: êpicyi m, grôssyi m
Maltese: tal-merċa
Norwegian: kjøpmann (no) m, grosserer m (gammelnorsk)
Portuguese: merceeiro (pt) m
Romanian: băcan (ro) m, băcăneasă f
Russian: бакале́йщик (ru) m ‎(bakaléjščik), бакале́йщица (ru) f ‎(bakaléjščica)
Scottish Gaelic: grosair m
Spanish: abacero (es) m, abacera (es) f
Swedish: livsmedelshandlare c, specerihandlare c
Turkish: bakkal (tr)

Verb

grocer ‎(third-person singular simple present grocers, present participle grocering, simple past and past participle grocered)

(uncommon) To sell groceries; to act as a grocer.

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Grocer

Gro′cer

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Grocer

GRO'CER

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