grocer

From Old French grossier (“wholesaler”) Compare gross.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹəʊ.sə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹoʊ.səɹ/, also (sometimes proscribed) /ˈɡɹoʊ.ʃəɹ/
• Rhymes: -əʊsə(ɹ)
• Homophone: grosser

grocer (plural grocers)

1. A person who retails groceries (foodstuffs and household items) from a grocery.
   • 1974 July 6, “Ohio Town Opposes A Plan for Dumping New York Garbage”, in The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 8 December 2024:

     “Cadiz isn't going to become the garbage dump capital of the world,” said Patrick Erbacher, a grocer who is vice president of the Cadiz Jaycees.

   • c. 1995, Daron Malakian, Victims of a Down:

     Control will never again be gained for toleration will become extinct. A husband quarrelling with his wife will not think twice or regret his spent bullet. Hungry children will not spare the grocer.
     Remorse in all forms will be removed from human thoughts and actions.Freedom will only be available through revolution or death. This system of a down is unavoidable as life on this planet becomes unnecessary.

2. A retail store that sells groceries, a grocery store.

• grocery

• → Irish: grósaeir
• → Welsh: groser

grocer (third-person singular simple present grocers, present participle grocering, simple past and past participle grocered)

1. (uncommon) To sell groceries; to act as a grocer.