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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

/ ˈ»å°ùʌɡɪ²õ³Ù /

noun

  1. a person qualified to prepare and dispense drugs Also calledpharmacist
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of druggist1

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

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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.

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

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

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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.

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