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grocer

[groh-ser]

noun

  1. the owner or operator of a store that sells general food supplies and certain nonedible articles of household use, as soaps and paper products.



grocer

/ ˈɡəʊə /

noun

  1. a dealer in foodstuffs and other household supplies

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of grocer1

1325–75; Middle English < Old French gross ( i ) er wholesale merchant. See gross, -er 2
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Word History and Origins

Origin of grocer1

C15: from Old French grossier, from gros large; see gross
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Plans for the new store come as other grocers eye expansion in Southern California this year, including Aldi, Trader Joe’s and Erewhon.

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At this point, she decided to add some dried mushrooms that she had bought from an Asian grocer in Melbourne several months earlier and stored in a container in her pantry.

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After the jam factory they included in a boot factory, at a grocer's and with a wine merchant.

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Isael Hermosillo, a mediator who was negotiating labor contracts for California grocers, was one of 130 terminated in March.

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Online grocer Ocado, which sells M&S food on its platform, is unaffected by the problems as it runs on an entirely separate system.

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