druggist

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noun

A manufacturer and vendor of drugs and medicines.

“For sale by all druggists”

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OriginFrench droguiste →
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Meanings

noundruggist (plural druggists)

plural druggists

  1. A manufacturer and vendor of drugs and medicines.

    For sale by all druggists

    1 more example

    No druggist of the soul bestow'd on all / So catholicly a curing cordial.

    1777: Sir Lucius Cary (John Bell ed.), An Elegy on Dr. Donne (in Bell's Edition) http://books.google.com/books?vid=LCCN17023722&id=O7VxDbn1H44C&pg=PR91&lpg=PR91&dq=druggist+date:0-1800&as_brr=1

    Synonyms: apothecary, chemist, pharmacist

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA manufacturer and vendor of drugs and medicines.

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apothecarychemistpharmacist

More synonyms by meaning

nouna health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs

Similar
pharmacistchemistapothecarypill pusherpill roller
Broader
health professionalprimary care providerPCP
Also see
apothecarychemistpharmacistpill pusher

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Frenchdroguiste
  2. Englishdruggist

From French droguiste, replacing earlier drugger. See drug.

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APA

druggist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/druggist

MLA

“druggist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/druggist. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “druggist,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/druggist.

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