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Webster 1828 Edition

Druggist

DRUGGIST

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Noun.
One who deals in drugs; properly, one whose occupation is merely to but and sell drugs, without compounding or preparation. In America, the same person often carries on the business of the druggist and the apothecary.

Definition 2024

druggist

druggist

English

Noun

druggist ‎(plural druggists)

  1. A manufacturer and vendor of drugs and medicines.
    • 1777: Sir Lucius Cary (John Bell ed.), An Elegy on Dr. Donne (in Bell's Edition)
      No druggist of the soul bestow'd on all / So catholicly a curing cordial.

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Etymology

From French droguiste, replaced earlier drugger. See drug.

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