shopper

[ shop-er ]

noun

1. a person who shops.
2. comparison shopper.
3. a retail buyer for another person or a business concern.
4. a locally distributed newspaper of retail advertisements.

shopper

/ ˈʃɒpə /

noun

1. a person who buys goods in a shop

Other Words From

• non·shopper noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of shopper¹

First recorded in 1860–65; shop + -er ¹

Example Sentences

A shopper who rushed over said everything was gone in less than 20 minutes.

From Los Angeles Times

Lara Storey, who was a Dotcom Personal Shopper for Tesco at the time, said she wants "other women to know that they don’t have to accept this type of behaviour".

From BBC

That’s the same as the share who say they are the primary grocery shopper, according to a Pew Research Center analysis.

From Salon

I’m not a very good clothes shopper.

From Los Angeles Times

Another shopper, 77-year-old Raisa chimes in.

From BBC

Related Words

• buyer
• client
• clientele
• consumer
• patron