shopkeeper
/ˈʃɒpkiːpə/US/ˈʃɑpkiːpɚ/
shopkeeper 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.
Noun
shopkeeper (plural shopkeepers)
- 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, J. Spencer Gilks, “Railway Development at Kingston-upon-Thames—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 449
- Synonyms:
- storekeeper
shopkeeper meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
shopkeeper in Hindi
- trader who sells goods in a shop
- दुकानदार dukāndār, साहूकार sāhūkār, बनिया baniyā
shopkeeper in Tamil
- கடைக்காரர்
shopkeeper in Marathi
- shopkeeper
- दुकानदार dukāndār
shopkeeper in Urdu
- trader who sells goods in a shop
- دوکاندار dukāndār
More languagesFewer languages
- shopkeeper in Bengali
- দোকানদার dōkanodar, দোকানী dokanī, তহরি tohori
- shopkeeper in Telugu
- అంగడివాడు aṅgaḍivāḍu
- shopkeeper in Malayalam
- പീടികക്കാരൻ, ചില്ലറക്കച്ചവടക്കാരൻ, വ്യാപാരി, വില്പനക്കാരൻ
- shopkeeper in Kannada
- ಅಂಗಡಿಕಾರ aṅgaḍikāra
- shopkeeper in Gujarati
- દુકાનદાર dukāndār
- shopkeeper in Odia
- ଦୋକାନି dokāni
- shopkeeper in Tagalog
- tindero, tindera
- Sindhi
- دڪاندار dkā̃dār
Examples of shopkeeper in a sentence
- He put his money on the counter, and the shopkeeper put it in the till.
- The shopkeeper had to roll up the poster to make it easier to carry.
- The shopkeeper had to roll up the security barrier to open the shop.
Synonyms of shopkeeper
Forms of shopkeeper
| plural | shopkeepers |
|---|---|
| alternative form (dated) | shop keeper |
| alternative form (dated) | shop-keeper |
Origin of shopkeeper
From shop + keeper.
Words formed from shopkeeper
Questions about shopkeeper
- What does shopkeeper mean?
- Shopkeeper means 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 shopkeeper in Hindi?
- Shopkeeper in Hindi is दुकानदार (dukāndār), साहूकार (sāhūkār), बनिया (baniyā). See Shopkeeper meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is shopkeeper?
- Shopkeeper is a noun.
- How do you pronounce shopkeeper?
- Shopkeeper is pronounced /ˈʃɒpkiːpə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of shopkeeper?
- The plural of shopkeeper is shopkeepers.
Words near shopkeeper in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: shopkeeper (page history and authors); shopkeeper (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); दुकानदार (Marathi) (page history and authors); shopkeeper (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ಅಂಗಡಿಕಾರ (Kannada) (page history and authors); દુકાનદાર (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ଦୋକାନି (Odia) (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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