Meanings
nounshopkeeper (plural shopkeepers)
plural shopkeepers · alternative dated shop keeper · alternative dated shop-keeper
- A trader who sells goods in a shop, or by retail, in distinction from one who sells by wholesale, or sells door to door.
The retail trade of the borough also suffered, for the shopkeepers found it difficult to attract the occupiers of the luxurious villas fast rising on Surbiton Hill, and the shops erected near the station [in Surbiton] made the competition still more keen.
1958 July 28, J. Spencer Gilks, “Railway Development at Kingston-upon-Thames—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 449Synonyms: storekeeper
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA trader who sells goods in a shop, or by retail, in distinction from one who sells by wholesale, or sells door to door.
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Translations
Basque dendari
- dendaritrader who sells goods in a shop
Bengali দোকানদার, দোকানী
- দোকানদার (dōkanodar)trader who sells goods in a shop
- দোকানী (dokanī)trader who sells goods in a shop
- তহরি (tohori)trader who sells goods in a shop
Bulgarian магазине́р
- магазине́р (magazinér)trader who sells goods in a shop
Catalan botiguer
- botiguertrader who sells goods in a shop
Chinese Mandarin 店主
- 店主 (diànzhǔ)trader who sells goods in a shop
Danish butiksejer, butikshandlende
- butiksejertrader who sells goods in a shop
- butikshandlendetrader who sells goods in a shop
- handlendetrader who sells goods in a shop
- detailhandlendetrader who sells goods in a shop
- købmandtrader who sells goods in a shop
Dutch winkelier, detaillist
- winkeliertrader who sells goods in a shop
- detaillisttrader who sells goods in a shop
Esperanto butikisto
- butikistotrader who sells goods in a shop
Finnish kauppias, liikkeenharjoittaja
- kauppiastrader who sells goods in a shop
- liikkeenharjoittajatrader who sells goods in a shop
French détaillant, détaillante
- détaillanttrader who sells goods in a shop
- détaillantetrader who sells goods in a shop
- magasiniertrader who sells goods in a shop
- magasinièretrader who sells goods in a shop
- boutiquiertrader who sells goods in a shop
- boutiquièretrader who sells goods in a shop
- commerçanttrader who sells goods in a shop
German Ladenbesitzer, Ladenbesitzerin
- Ladenbesitzertrader who sells goods in a shop
- Ladenbesitzerintrader who sells goods in a shop
- Ladeninhabertrader who sells goods in a shop
- Ladeninhaberintrader who sells goods in a shop
- Geschäftsinhabertrader who sells goods in a shop
- Geschäftsinhaberintrader who sells goods in a shop
- Händlertrader who sells goods in a shop
- Händlerintrader who sells goods in a shop
- Krämertrader who sells goods in a shop
- Krämerintrader who sells goods in a shop
- Lädlertrader who sells goods in a shop
- Lädlerintrader who sells goods in a shop
Hebrew בעל חנות
- בעל חנות (báal khanút)trader who sells goods in a shop
Hindi दुकानदार, साहूकार
- दुकानदार (dukāndār)trader who sells goods in a shop
- साहूकार (sāhūkār)trader who sells goods in a shop
- बनिया (baniyā)trader who sells goods in a shop
Hungarian boltos
- boltostrader who sells goods in a shop
Italian bottegaio, bottegaia
- bottegaiotrader who sells goods in a shop
- bottegaiatrader who sells goods in a shop
Japanese 店主, 商人
- 店主 (tenshu)trader who sells goods in a shop
- 商人 (shōnin)trader who sells goods in a shop
Latin tabernārius
- tabernāriustrader who sells goods in a shop
Polish sklepikarz, sklepikarka
- sklepikarztrader who sells goods in a shop
- sklepikarkatrader who sells goods in a shop
Portuguese lojista
- lojistatrader who sells goods in a shop
Romanian magaziner, magazineră
- magazinertrader who sells goods in a shop
- magazinerătrader who sells goods in a shop
- magazionertrader who sells goods in a shop
- magazionerătrader who sells goods in a shop
- buticartrader who sells goods in a shop
Russian владе́лец магази́на, ла́вочник
- владе́лец магази́на (vladélec magazína)trader who sells goods in a shop
- ла́вочник (lávočnik)trader who sells goods in a shop
- торго́вец (torgóvec)trader who sells goods in a shop
Scottish Gaelic neach-bùtha
- neach-bùthatrader who sells goods in a shop
Slovak obchodník
- obchodníktrader who sells goods in a shop
Swedish handlare
- handlaretrader who sells goods in a shop
Tagalog tindero, tindera
- tinderotrader who sells goods in a shop
- tinderatrader who sells goods in a shop
Turkish dükkâncı, mağazacı
- dükkâncıtrader who sells goods in a shop
- mağazacıtrader who sells goods in a shop
Urdu دوکاندار
- دوکاندار (dukāndār)trader who sells goods in a shop
Welsh siopwr
- siopwrtrader who sells goods in a shop
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shopkeeper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shopkeeper
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“shopkeeper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shopkeeper. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shopkeeper,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shopkeeper.
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