pharmacist
noun/ˈfɑːməsɪst/
/ˈfɑːrməsɪst/
- (also North American English, old-fashioned druggist)a person whose job is to prepare medicines and sell or give them to the public in a shop or in a hospital
- We had to wait for the pharmacist to make up her prescription.
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- pharmacist’s(plural pharmacists)(British English) a shop that sells medicines
- They sell vitamin supplements at the pharmacist's.
compare chemist see also pharmacy
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