Meanings
noungrocer (plural grocers)
plural grocers
- A person who retails groceries (foodstuffs and household items) from a grocery.
“Cadiz isn't going to become the garbage dump capital of the world,” said Patrick Erbacher, a grocer who is vice president of the Cadiz Jaycees.
1974 July 6, “Ohio Town Opposes A Plan for Dumping New York Garbage”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 08 Dec 20241 more example
Control will never again be gained for toleration will become extinct. A husband quarrelling with his wife will not think twice or regret his spent bullet. Hungry children will not spare the grocer. Remorse in all forms will be removed from human thoughts and actions.Freedom will only be available through revolution or death. This system of a down is unavoidable as life on this planet becomes unnecessary.
c. 1995, Daron Malakian, Victims of a Down - A retail store that sells groceries, a grocery store.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Old Frenchgrossier“wholesaler”
- Englishgrocer
From Old French grossier (“wholesaler”). Compare gross.
More words from Old French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic بَقَّال, بَقَّالَة
- بَقَّال (baqqāl)person selling foodstuffs and household items
- بَقَّالَة (baqqāla)person selling foodstuffs and household items
- بَدَّال (baddāl)person selling foodstuffs and household items
Bulgarian бака́лин
- бака́лин (bakálin)person selling foodstuffs and household items
Catalan adroguer, adroguera
- adroguerperson selling foodstuffs and household items
- adrogueraperson selling foodstuffs and household items
Chinese Mandarin 雜貨商 /杂货商
- 雜貨商 /杂货商 (záhuòshāng)person selling foodstuffs and household items
Czech hokynář, hokynářka
- hokynářperson selling foodstuffs and household items
- hokynářkaperson selling foodstuffs and household items
Danish købmand
- købmandperson selling foodstuffs and household items
Dutch kruidenier, kruidenierster
- kruidenierperson selling foodstuffs and household items
- kruideniersterperson selling foodstuffs and household items
Esperanto spicisto, spicistino
- spicistoperson selling foodstuffs and household items
- spicistinoperson selling foodstuffs and household items
Finnish elintarvikekauppias, ruokakauppias
- elintarvikekauppiasperson selling foodstuffs and household items
- ruokakauppiasperson selling foodstuffs and household items
French épicier, épicière
- épicierperson selling foodstuffs and household items
- épicièreperson selling foodstuffs and household items
German Lebensmittelhändler, Lebensmittelhändlerin
- Lebensmittelhändlerperson selling foodstuffs and household items
- Lebensmittelhändlerinperson selling foodstuffs and household items
- Kaufmannperson selling foodstuffs and household items
- Kauffrauperson selling foodstuffs and household items
- Krämerperson selling foodstuffs and household items
- Krämerinperson selling foodstuffs and household items
- Kolonialwarenhändlerperson selling foodstuffs and household items
Greek μπακάλης, μπακάλισσα
- μπακάλης (bakális)person selling foodstuffs and household items
- μπακάλισσα (bakálissa)person selling foodstuffs and household items
- μπακάλαινα (bakálaina)person selling foodstuffs and household items
- παντοπώλης (pantopólis)person selling foodstuffs and household items
- παντοπώλισσα (pantopólissa)person selling foodstuffs and household items
Hindi पंसारी
- पंसारी (pansārī)person selling foodstuffs and household items
Hungarian zöldséges
- zöldségesperson selling foodstuffs and household items
Irish grósaeir
- grósaeirperson selling foodstuffs and household items
Italian droghiere, droghiera
- droghiereperson selling foodstuffs and household items
- droghieraperson selling foodstuffs and household items
Latin holitor, macellārius
- holitorperson selling foodstuffs and household items
- macellāriusperson selling foodstuffs and household items
Norwegian Bokmål kolonialhandler, kjøpmann (cf. grosserer m)
- kolonialhandlerperson selling foodstuffs and household items
- kjøpmann (cf. grosserer m)person selling foodstuffs and household items
Norwegian Nynorsk kolonialhandlar, kjøpmann (cf. grosserar m)
- kolonialhandlarperson selling foodstuffs and household items
- kjøpmann (cf. grosserar m)person selling foodstuffs and household items
Polish sklepikarz, sklepikarka
- sklepikarzperson selling foodstuffs and household items
- sklepikarkaperson selling foodstuffs and household items
Portuguese merceeiro, merceeira
- merceeiroperson selling foodstuffs and household items
- merceeiraperson selling foodstuffs and household items
Romanian băcan, băcăneasă
- băcanperson selling foodstuffs and household items
- băcăneasăperson selling foodstuffs and household items
Russian бакале́йщик, бакале́йщица
- бакале́йщик (bakaléjščik)person selling foodstuffs and household items
- бакале́йщица (bakaléjščica)person selling foodstuffs and household items
- продаве́ц (prodavéc)person selling foodstuffs and household items
- продавщи́ца (prodavščíca)person selling foodstuffs and household items
- торго́вец (torgóvec)person selling foodstuffs and household items
- торго́вка (torgóvka)person selling foodstuffs and household items
Scottish Gaelic grosair
- grosairperson selling foodstuffs and household items
Spanish abacero, abacera
- abaceroperson selling foodstuffs and household items
- abaceraperson selling foodstuffs and household items
- abarroteroperson selling foodstuffs and household items
- abarroteraperson selling foodstuffs and household items
- vivanderoperson selling foodstuffs and household items
Swedish livsmedelshandlare, specerihandlare
- livsmedelshandlareperson selling foodstuffs and household items
- specerihandlareperson selling foodstuffs and household items
Turkish bakkal
- bakkalperson selling foodstuffs and household items
Ukrainian бакалі́йник, бакалі́йниця
- бакалі́йник (bakalíjnyk)person selling foodstuffs and household items
- бакалі́йниця (bakalíjnycja)person selling foodstuffs and household items
Urdu بَقَّال, پَنْساری
- بَقَّال (baqqāl)person selling foodstuffs and household items
- پَنْساری (pansārī)person selling foodstuffs and household items
Welsh groser
- groserperson selling foodstuffs and household items
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with grocer
All rhymes →Sounds the same
Cite this entry
APA
grocer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grocer
MLA
“grocer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grocer. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “grocer,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grocer.
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