Plural of shopkeeper

regular plural

The plural of shopkeeper is shopkeepers.

Forms of shopkeeper

You needn't be angry about the insincerity of shopkeepers' how-are-you greetings. Well-adjusted people understand that the question is phatic in the context and that that's usually no problem.From the entry phatic
I think the best Watsonian explanation is that shopkeepers aren't quite right in the head.2014 March 28, Michael Deutschmann, “Re: WhichDevTeam-enabled actions seem like cheating to you?”, in rec.games.roguelike.nethack…. From the entry Watsonian
The more rural Indian shopkeepers did indeed become somewhat Africanized, while the urban Indian became more Anglicized.1981, Pierre van den Berghe, The Ethnic Phenomenon, page 152. From the entry Asian
When the shopkeepers “miladyed” me this morning, I kept looking around to see which titled female had arrived.2019, Julia Justiss, The Earl’s Inconvenient Wife, Harlequin, →ISBN, chapter seventeen. From the entry milady
Take heart, small-time shopkeepers in the heartlands.2001 March 16, Alfred Dass, Today, Singapore: Mediacorp Press, →OCLC, page 8. From the entry heartland

noun A trader who sells goods in a shop, or by retail, in distinction from one who sells by wholesale, or sells door to door.

What is the plural of shopkeeper?: The plural of shopkeeper is shopkeepers.
Is shopkeeper countable?: Shopkeeper is a countable noun.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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