Meanings
plural storekeepers
- One who runs a shop, either the owner or manager.
When this conversation was repeated in detail within the hearing of the young woman in question, and undoubtedly for his benefit, Mr. Trevor threw shame to the winds and scandalized the Misses Brewster then and there by proclaiming his father to have been a country storekeeper.
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC - One who is in charge of stores or goods of any kind.
a naval storekeeper
- UScolloquialdatedAny unsaleable item.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek σκευοφύλαξ
- σκευοφύλαξ (skeuophúlax)person who runs a shop
Bengali দোকানদার, তহরি
- দোকানদার (dōkanodar)person who runs a shop
- তহরি (tohori)person who runs a shop
- দোকানী (dokanī)person who runs a shop
Bulgarian магазинер
- магазинер (magaziner)person who runs a shop
Dutch winkelier
- winkelierperson who runs a shop
Finnish kauppias
- kauppiasperson who runs a shop
French commerçant
- commerçantperson who runs a shop
German Ladenbesitzer, Krämer
- Ladenbesitzerperson who runs a shop
- Krämerperson who runs a shop
Latin tabernārius
- tabernāriusperson who runs a shop
Polish sklepikarz, sklepikarka
- sklepikarzperson who runs a shop
- sklepikarkaperson who runs a shop
Spanish tendero, tiendero
- tenderoperson who runs a shop
- tienderoperson who runs a shop
Yiddish קרעמער
- קרעמער (kremer)person who runs a shop
Cite this entry
storekeeper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/storekeeper
“storekeeper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/storekeeper. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “storekeeper,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/storekeeper.
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