tobacconist

American  

[tuh-bak-uh-nist] / təˈbæk ə nɪst /

noun

1. a dealer in tobacco, especially the owner of a store that sells pipe tobaccos, cigarettes, and cigars.

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tobacconist British  

/ təˈbækənɪst /

noun

1. a person or shop that sells tobacco, cigarettes, pipes, etc

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Etymology

Origin of tobacconist

1590–1600; tobacco + intrusive -n- + -ist

Example Sentences

She was standing behind the counter of her tobacconist shop in Borgo Pio, a quiet cobblestoned street lined with buildings in earthy tones and flower boxes near the Vatican.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2025

Historian Kenneth Milano has traced Shiffler’s lineage to a tobacconist father and a mother whose family built ships and wharves, but we know little about his early life.

From Slate • Sep. 1, 2021

Max Nesterak, a reporter at the Minnesota Reformer, interviewed a group of armed men outside a tobacconist who said they agree with the protests but not the looting.

From Fox News • May 28, 2020

I asked Angelo Bello, Pedro Bello’s grandson and fifth-generation tobacconist, how they get around selling Cuban cigars with the embargo.

From Washington Post • May 21, 2015

On the sidewalk across the way the tobacconist brought out a chair, set it in front of his door, and straddled it, resting his arms on the back.

From "The Stranger" by Albert Camus