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storekeepers

storekeepers is the plural of storekeeper.

Meaning of storekeeper

Noun

storekeeper (plural storekeepers)

  1. 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
  2. One who is in charge of stores or goods of any kind.
    • a naval storekeeper
  3. (US, colloquial, dated) Any unsaleable item.

Questions about storekeepers

What is storekeepers the plural of?
Storekeepers is the plural of storekeeper.

Words near storekeepers in the dictionary

  1. storehousemen
  2. storehouses
  3. storehousing
  4. storekeep
  5. storekeeper
  6. storekeepers
  7. storekeeping
  8. storekeeps
  9. Storekvina
  10. storeless
  11. storelike

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