chemist
noun/ˈkemɪst/
/ˈkemɪst/
- (also dispensing chemist)(both British English)(North American English druggist)a person whose job is to prepare and sell medicines, and who works in a shop compare pharmacistTopics Healthcarea2, Jobsa2Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
- local
- dispensing
- chemist’s shop
- the chemist’s
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- chemist’s(plural chemists)(British English) a shop that sells medicines and usually also soap, make-up, etc.
- You can obtain the product from all good chemists.
- Take this prescription to the chemist's.
- I'll get it at the chemist's.
- a chemist’s/chemist shop
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- a research chemist
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Word Originlate Middle English (denoting an alchemist): from French chimiste, from modern Latin chimista, from alchimista ‘alchemist’, from alchimia, from Arabic al-kīmiyā', from al ‘the’ + kīmiyā' (from Greek khēmia, khēmeia ‘art of transmuting metals’).
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