tobacconist

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noun

A person who sells tobacco, cigarettes, cigars, snuff and sundry items.

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tobacco shoptobacconist shop
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Meanings

nountobacconist (plural tobacconists)

plural tobacconists

  1. A person who sells tobacco, cigarettes, cigars, snuff and sundry items.
  2. A tobacconist's shop.

    This historic and fragrant tobacconist of old still today is decorated with team pictures and other Harvardiana […]

    2000, Raymond Rhinehart, Princeton University: The Campus Guide, page 131
  3. datedA person who is addicted to smoking tobacco.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna shop that sells pipes and pipe tobacco and cigars and cigarettes

Similar
tobacco shoptobacconist shop
Broader
shopstore
Also see
tobacconist's

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From tobacco + -n- + -ist.

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Translations

Catalan estanquer, tabaquer
  • estanquerperson who sells tobacco
  • tabaquerperson who sells tobacco
Danish tobakshandler
  • tobakshandlerperson who sells tobacco
Dutch tabaksverkoper, tabakshandelaar
  • tabaksverkoperperson who sells tobacco
  • tabakshandelaarperson who sells tobacco
Finnish tupakkakauppias
  • tupakkakauppiasperson who sells tobacco
French buraliste
  • buralisteperson who sells tobacco
German Tabakhändler, Tabakhändlerin
  • Tabakhändlerperson who sells tobacco
  • Tabakhändlerinperson who sells tobacco
  • Tabakwarenhändlerperson who sells tobacco
  • Tabakwarenhändlerinperson who sells tobacco
  • Tabaktrafikantperson who sells tobacco
  • Trafikantperson who sells tobacco
  • Tabaktrafikantinperson who sells tobacco
  • Trafikantinperson who sells tobacco
Hungarian trafikos, dohányárus
  • trafikosperson who sells tobacco
  • dohányárusperson who sells tobacco
Irish tobacadóir
  • tobacadóirperson who sells tobacco
Italian tabaccaio, tabaccaia
  • tabaccaioperson who sells tobacco
  • tabaccaiaperson who sells tobacco
Polish właściciel sklepu tytoniowego
  • właściciel sklepu tytoniowegoperson who sells tobacco
Romanian tutungiu
  • tutungiuperson who sells tobacco
Russian торго́вец таба́чными изде́лиями
  • торго́вец таба́чными изде́лиями (torgóvec tabáčnymi izdélijami)person who sells tobacco
Spanish tabaquero, estanquero
  • tabaqueroperson who sells tobacco
  • estanqueroperson who sells tobacco
  • tabaqueraperson who sells tobacco
  • estanqueraperson who sells tobacco
Swedish tobakist, tobakshandlare
  • tobakistperson who sells tobacco
  • tobakshandlareperson who sells tobacco
Turkish tütüncü
  • tütüncüperson who sells tobacco
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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