"storekeeper" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-storekeeper.wav Forms: storekeepers [plural]
Etymology: From store + keeper. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|store|keeper}} store + keeper Head templates: {{en-noun}} storekeeper (plural storekeepers)
  1. One who runs a shop, either the owner or manager. Translations (person who runs a shop): σκευοφύλαξ (skeuophúlax) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), দোকানদার (dōkanodar) (Bengali), তহরি (tohori) (Bengali), দোকানী (dokanī) (Bengali), магазинер (magaziner) [masculine] (Bulgarian), kauppias (Finnish), commerçant [masculine] (French), butikisto (Ido), tabernārius [masculine] (Latin), дуќа́нџија (duḱándžija) [masculine] (Macedonian), دكانجی (dükkâncı) (Ottoman Turkish), مغازهجی (mağazacı) (Ottoman Turkish), कोष्ठागारिक (koṣṭhāgārika) [masculine] (Sanskrit), tendero (Spanish), קרעמער (kremer) [masculine] (Yiddish), kap'aniskaq (Yup'ik)
    Sense id: en-storekeeper-en-noun-jNu2HWMB Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Occupations Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 33 32 Disambiguation of Occupations: 33 27 40 Disambiguation of 'person who runs a shop': 71 21 8
  2. One who is in charge of stores or goods of any kind.
    Sense id: en-storekeeper-en-noun-ihIxWJF8 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Occupations Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 33 32 Disambiguation of Occupations: 33 27 40
  3. (US, colloquial, dated) Any unsaleable item. Tags: US, colloquial, dated
    Sense id: en-storekeeper-en-noun-4ucx6Cz5 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Bengali translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Sanskrit translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Yiddish translations, Terms with Yup'ik translations, Occupations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 28 46 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 27 25 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 33 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 26 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 15 26 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Bengali translations: 22 27 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 16 24 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 16 24 60 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 19 19 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 16 22 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 17 18 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 21 27 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 11 26 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Sanskrit translations: 16 24 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 22 20 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 14 21 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Yup'ik translations: 16 19 65 Disambiguation of Occupations: 33 27 40
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: shopkeeper Related terms: bookstorekeeper

Inflected forms

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