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Grocer

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Grocer has 1 sense

grocer(n = noun.person) Array - a retail merchant who sells foodstuffs (and some household supplies); Array

has particulars:

greengrocer

is a kind of merchandiser, merchant

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CIDE DICTIONARY

Grocer, n. [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 meats, dairy products, produce, tea, sugar, spices, coffee, fruits, and various other commodities. [1913 Webster]

Grocer's itch (Med.), a disease of the skin, caused by handling sugar and treacle.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

Grocer, n. a dealer in food and household provisions.

Etymology

ME & AF grosser, orig. one who sells in the gross, f. OF grossier f. med.L grossarius (as GROSS)

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THESAURUS

Grocer

baker, bookdealer, bookseller, butcher, chandler, clothing merchant, confectioner, draper, drysalter, fishmonger, fishwife, florist, footwear merchant, fruiterer, furnisher, furrier, greengrocer, groceryman, haberdasher, hardwareman, ironmonger, jeweler, liquor merchant, newsdealer, perfumer, poulterer, saddler, stationer, tobacconist, vintner, wine merchant

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Grocer

Provision

N provision, supply, grist, grist for the mill, subvention, resources, groceries, grocery, providing, purveyance, reinforcement, reenforcement, commissariat, provender, ensilage, viaticum, caterer, purveyor, commissary, quartermaster, manciple, feeder, batman, victualer, grocer, comprador, restaurateur, jackal, pelican, sutler, grocery shop, grocery store.

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