Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun One who owns or operates a store or shop.

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  • noun A person who owns a store (or shop); a shopowner.

Etymologies

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store +‎ owner

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Examples

  • The 58-year-old clerk, whom WRC-TV Channel 4 identified as storeowner Jugal Uppal, grabbed a small ball peen hammer to defend himself, police said.

    'Big stick' robbery in Manassas Elizabeth Flock 2010

  • The 58-year-old clerk, whom WRC-TV Channel 4 identified as storeowner Jugal Uppal, grabbed a small ball peen hammer to defend himself, police said, resulting in a David-and-Goliath weapons standoff.

    Stickup with a big stick Elizabeth Flock 2010

  • Jeff Kaman, the husband of storeowner Sofia Kaman confirmed that the necklace involved in the Lohan case was from Kamofie, but declined further comment, citing the police investigation.

    LAPD Investigating Lindsay Lohan For Jewelry Theft AP 2011

  • On a recent afternoon he ferried me around from business to business, nodding in sympathy as storeowner after storeowner spoke of plunging business that has led them to lay off workers and fall behind on paying their bills.

    Views of Emptiness Sumathi Reddy 2012

  • If the storeowner acts fast, the boys will be arrested and could be put on house arrest or even go to jail.

    Michael Evans: One Season to Go: Surveillance, Again Michael Evans 2011

  • In the area of payment, the only self-employed person who has an advantage is the storeowner.

    Kristine Kathryn Rusch » 2009 » July 2009

  • Jeff Kaman, the husband of storeowner Sofia Kaman confirmed that the necklace involved in the Lohan case was from Kamofie, but declined further comment, citing the police investigation.

    LAPD Investigating Lindsay Lohan For Jewelry Theft AP 2011

  • If the storeowner acts fast, the boys will be arrested and could be put on house arrest or even go to jail.

    Michael Evans: One Season to Go: Surveillance, Again Michael Evans 2011

  • But the storeowner saw fit to get rid of me anyway.

    Dolls 2010

  • "It's the rain," the storeowner said, a dead ringer for Robert Shaw in Jaws, "the rain breeds them like rabbits."

    Michael Jones: The Empire of the Ants 2010

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