{Grocer's itch} (Med.), a disease of the skin, caused by handling sugar and treacle. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
grocer — UK US /ˈgrəʊsər/ noun [C] COMMERCE ► (also grocer s) a store that sells food and small things for the home: »The UK s fourth biggest grocer operates 13 distribution centres. ► a person who owns or works in a store selling food and small things… … Financial and business terms
grocer — early 15c. (mid 13c. as a surname), one who buys and sells in gross, from Anglo Fr. grosser, O.Fr. grossier, from M.L. grossarius wholesaler, lit. dealer in quantity, from L.L. grossus coarse (of food), great, gross (see GROSS (Cf. gross)). Sense … Etymology dictionary
grocer — ► NOUN ▪ a person who sells food and small household goods. ORIGIN originally in the sense «a person who sold things by the gross»: from Old French grossier, from Latin grossus gross … English terms dictionary
grocer — [grō′sər] n. [ME grosser < OFr grossier, lit., dealer in the gross, wholesaler < ML grossarius < LL grossus: see GROSS] a storekeeper who sells food and various household supplies … English World dictionary
Grocer — Beginning as early as the 14th century, a grocer (also called purveyor) was a dealer in comestible dry goods such as spices, pepper, sugar, and (later) cocoa, tea and coffee. These items were bought in bulk, hence the term grocer from the French… … Wikipedia
grocer — [[t]gro͟ʊsə(r)[/t]] grocers 1) N COUNT A grocer is a shopkeeper who sells foods such as flour, sugar, and tinned foods. 2) N COUNT: oft the N A grocer or a grocer s is a shop where foods such as flour, sugar, and tinned foods are sold. [mainly… … English dictionary
grocer — UK [ˈɡrəʊsə(r)] / US [ˈɡroʊsər] noun [countable] Word forms grocer : singular grocer plural grocers someone whose job is to sell food and other goods for the home in a small shop. The shop they work in is called a grocer s … English dictionary
grocer — gro|cer [ˈgrəusə US ˈgrousər] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: grossier person who sells in large quantities , from gros; GROSS1] 1.) someone who owns or works in a shop that sells food and other things used in the home 2.) grocer s a… … Dictionary of contemporary English
grocer — noun (C) 1 someone who owns or works in a shop that sells food such as flour, sugar, food in cans, and other things used in the home 2 grocer s a grocer s shop … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
grocer — [ˈgrəʊsə] noun [C] 1) grocer s a small shop that sells food and other goods for the home 2) someone who owns or works in a grocer s shop … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
