"shop-walker" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: shop-walkers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} shop-walker (plural shop-walkers)
  1. (British) A retail store floor supervisor. Tags: British Synonyms: floorwalker [US], shopwalker
    Sense id: en-shop-walker-en-noun-fdmB~Mwr Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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