storekeeper

[ stawr-kee-per, stohr- ]

noun

1. a person who owns a store.
2. a person who has charge of or operates a store or stores.
3. U.S. Navy. a petty officer in charge of a supply office afloat or ashore.

storekeeper

/ ˈstɔːˌkiːpə /

noun

1. a manager, owner, or keeper of a store

Derived Forms

• ˈstoreˌkeeping, noun

Other Words From

• storekeeping noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of storekeeper¹

First recorded in 1610–20; store + keeper

Example Sentences

In Ghana he worked as a petrol pump attendant and a storekeeper.

From BBC

Brown is a storekeeper for the city of Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times

About the time Lincoln reached the home of his overnight host, supporters Robert Scanland, a longtime Lincoln friend, and Lame, a furniture storekeeper, were preparing an unloaded cannon, which in keeping with political tradition would be fired during the rally, according to a 1968 article by historian LeRoy H. Fischer.

From Seattle Times

Ani grew up in Enugu, the second of five children born to a schoolteacher and a storekeeper who sold stationery and gift cards at a market stall.

From New York Times

A poor Black teenage girl is shot by a middle-class Korean storekeeper; a wealthy judge rejects a prison sentence for manslaughter.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• grocer