Synonyms and antonyms of People who own shops or sell specific things in British Thesaurus

baker (noun)

someone whose job is to make bread, cakes etc. A shop that sells bread and cakes is usually called a baker’s.

bookseller (noun)

a person or business that sells books

butcher (noun)

someone whose job is to sell meat and sometimes also to kill animals for meat. The shop they work in is called a butcher’s or a butcher’s shop.

chandler (noun)

someone who sells equipment that people need on a ship

chemist (noun)

British someone who works in a chemist’s shop preparing and selling medicines

confectioner (noun)

someone whose job is to make or sell sweets and chocolates

costermonger (noun)

Britishold-fashioned someone who sells fruit and vegetables in the street

draper (noun)

old-fashioned someone who sells cloth and things made of cloth

druggist (noun)

American a chemist

fishmonger (noun)

someone whose job is to sell fish

florist (noun)

someone whose job is to arrange and sell flowers. The shop they work in is also called a florist or a florist’s.

flower girl (noun)

Britishold-fashioned a girl or woman who sells flowers at a market

fruiterer (noun)

Britishold-fashioned someone whose job is to sell fruit

furrier (noun)

someone whose job is to design and sell clothes made of fur

greengrocer (noun)

someone whose job is to sell fruit and vegetables in a shop called a greengrocer’s

grocer (noun)

someone whose job is to sell food and other goods for the home in a small shop. The shop they work in is called a grocer’s.

gunsmith (noun)

someone whose job is to sell guns in a shop

hatter (noun)

someone who makes and sells hats

ironmonger (noun)

Britishold-fashioned someone who owns a shop that sells tools and other metal goods

jeweler ()

the American spelling of jeweller

jeweller (noun)

someone who makes, repairs, or sells jewellery and other objects made of valuable metal and stones

milliner (noun)

old-fashioned someone whose job is to make or sell hats

newsagent (noun)

British someone whose job is to sell newspapers and magazines. The shop that they work in is also called a newsagent or a newsagent’s. The American word is newsdealer.

news vendor (noun)

someone who sells newspapers, especially in the street

nurseryman (noun)

someone who grows plants in a nursery

pawnbroker (noun)

someone whose job is to lend money to people in exchange for a valuable object that they can sell if the person does not return the money. The shop they work in is also called a pawnbroker, or a pawnbroker’s.

pharmacist (noun)

someone whose job is to prepare medicines for sale in a shop or in a hospital. A pharmacist’s shop is called a pharmacist, a pharmacist’s, or a pharmacy.

rag-and-bone man (noun)

British someone who collects old clothes and other things from people’s homes in order to sell them

real estate agent (noun)

mainly American an estate agent

scalper (noun)

American a ticket tout

stationer (noun)

someone whose job is to sell stationery

ticket tout (noun)

British someone who sells tickets at very high prices outside a place such as a theatre or a sports stadium

tout (noun)

British a ticket tout

vintner (noun)

formal someone whose job is to sell wine. A more usual word is wine merchant.