English
Etymology
From Old French grossier (“wholesaler”) Compare gross.
Pronunciation
Noun
grocer (plural grocers)
- A person who retails groceries (foodstuffs and household items) from a grocery.
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.
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Translations
person selling foodstuffs and household items
- Albanian: bakall (sq), shitës (sq)
- Arabic: بَقَّال m (baqqāl), بَقَّالَة f (baqqāla), بَدَّال (ar) m (baddāl)
- Egyptian Arabic: بقال m (baʔʔāl)
- Armenian: նպարավաճառ (hy) (nparavačaṙ)
- Bhojpuri: पंसारी (pansārī)
- Bulgarian: бакалин (bg) m (bakalin)
- Catalan: adroguer (ca) m, adroguera (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 雜貨商 / 杂货商 (zh) (záhuòshāng)
- Czech: hokynář (cs) m, hokynářka f
- Danish: købmand c
- Dutch: kruidenier (nl) m, kruidenierster f
- Esperanto: spicisto, spicistino (female)
- Finnish: elintarvikekauppias, ruokakauppias
- French: épicier (fr) f, épicière (fr) f
- German: Lebensmittelhändler (de) m, Lebensmittelhändlerin (de) f, Kaufmann (de) m, Kauffrau (de) f, Krämer (de) m, Krämerin f, Kolonialwarenhändler (de)
- Greek: μπακάλης (el) m (bakális), μπακάλισσα (el) f (bakálissa), μπακάλαινα (el) f (bakálaina), παντοπώλης (el) m (pantopólis), παντοπώλισσα (el) f (pantopólissa)
- Hindi: पंसारी (hi) (pansārī)
- Hungarian: zöldséges (hu)
- Ido: spicisto, spicovendisto
- Irish: grósaeir m
- Italian: droghiere (it) m, droghiera f
- Latin: holitor m (vegetables and fruits), macellārius m (meats)
- Macedonian: ба́кал m (bákal)
- Maltese: tal-merċa
- Norman: êpicyi m, grôssyi m
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: kolonialhandler m, kjøpmann (no) m (cf. grosserer m)
- Nynorsk: kolonialhandlar m, kjøpmann m (cf. grosserar m)
- Ottoman Turkish: بقال (bakkal)
- Polish: sklepikarz (pl) m, sklepikarka (pl) f
- Portuguese: merceeiro (pt) m, merceeira f
- Romanian: băcan (ro) m, băcăneasă f
- Russian: бакале́йщик (ru) m (bakaléjščik), бакале́йщица (ru) f (bakaléjščica)
- Scottish Gaelic: grosair m
- Spanish: abacero (es) m, abacera (es) f, abarrotero (es) m (Latin America), abarrotera (es) f (Latin America)
- Swedish: livsmedelshandlare (sv) c, specerihandlare c
- Turkish: bakkal (tr)
- Welsh: groser m
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Verb
grocer (third-person singular simple present grocers, present participle grocering, simple past and past participle grocered)
- (uncommon) To sell groceries; to act as a grocer.