apothecary
noun/əˈpɒθəkəri/
/əˈpɑːθəkeri/
(plural apothecaries)
- a person who made and sold medicines in the pastWord Originlate Middle English: via Old French from late Latin apothecarius, from Latin apotheca, from Greek apothēkē ‘storehouse’.
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