grocer
/ˈɡɹəʊ.sə/US/ˈɡɹoʊ.səɹ/
grocer noun: a person who retails groceries (foodstuffs and household items) from a grocery.
Noun
grocer (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 2024
- 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...c. 1995, Daron Malakian, Victims of a Down
- A retail store that sells groceries, a grocery store.
Verb
grocer (third-person singular simple present grocers, present participle grocering, simple past and past participle grocered)
grocer meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
grocer in Hindi
- person selling foodstuffs and household items
- पंसारी pansārī
grocer in Tamil
- பலசரக்கு வியாபாரி
grocer in Urdu
- person selling foodstuffs and household items
- بَقَّال baqqāl, پَنْساری pansārī
grocer in Bengali
- grocer
- মুদি mudi
More languagesFewer languages
- grocer in Malayalam
- പലചരക്കുവ്യാപാരി, സംഭാരവണികൻ, മൊത്തവ്യാപാരി, ചില്ലറവില്പനക്കാരൻ
- grocer in Kannada
- ಕಾಳುಕಡಿ, ದಿನಸಿಗಳನ್ನು ಮಾರುವವ, ಕಾಳುಗ
- grocer in Gujarati
- નેસ્તી nestī, મોદી modī, ગાંધી gāndhī
- grocer in Pashto
- بقال baqāl
- grocer in Arabic
- بَقَّال baqqāl, بَقَّالَة baqqāla, بَدَّال baddāl
Examples of grocer in a sentence
- The grocer delivered his goods by cart.
- It flew off the shelves, and the grocer came back asking for more.
- The village grocer was "the only unfarming person and the only merchant in the village."
Forms of grocer
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | grocers |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | grocers |
| present participle | grocering |
| past participle | grocered |
| past | grocered |
Origin of grocer
From Old French grossier (“wholesaler”). Compare gross.
Words formed from grocer
Words that rhyme with grocer
Questions about grocer
- What does grocer mean?
- Grocer means a person who retails groceries (foodstuffs and household items) from a grocery.
- What is grocer in Hindi?
- Grocer in Hindi is पंसारी (pansārī). See Grocer meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is grocer?
- Grocer can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce grocer?
- Grocer is pronounced /ˈɡɹəʊ.sə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of grocer?
- The plural of grocer is grocers.
Words near grocer in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: grocer (page history and authors); grocer (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); মুদি (Bengali) (page history and authors); grocer (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); grocer (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ગાંધી (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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