druggist

[ druhg-ist ]

noun

1. a person who compounds or prepares drugs drug according to medical prescriptions; apothecary; pharmacist; dispensing chemist.
2. the owner or operator of a drugstore.

druggist

/ ˈdrʌɡɪst /

noun

1. a person qualified to prepare and dispense drugs Also calledpharmacist

Word History and Origins

Origin of druggist¹

1605–15; drug ¹ + -ist; compare French droguiste

Example Sentences

Around 1930 in the U.S., advertisements for some of the first modern pads came with a coupon that buyers could hand to druggists without needing to speak.

From National Geographic

What Neal didn't know was that on the day he sent his colleague to collect the daft, druggist Charles Hodgson was sick and had simply told his untrained apprentice William Goddard where to find it.

From BBC

“Our druggist knows us and helps keep things straight,” she said.

From Seattle Times

And I run to the shops in the dawn light, stepping into the druggist’s the second he opens the door.

From Literature

This early monorail design was the brainchild of an unlikely crew, including noted physician Dr. Royal McClure, wealthy Sedro-Woolley druggist Albert Holland, Capitol Hill garage manager David McClay and Seattle engineering professor Robert Rockwell.

From Seattle Times