Associations to the word «Shopkeeper»

Wiktionary

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.

Dictionary definition

SHOPKEEPER, noun. A merchant who owns or manages a shop.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats