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Definition of shopkeeper : A trader who sells goods in a shop, or by retail; - in distinction from one who sells by wholesale.

Synonyms:

market keeper, tradesman

businesswoman, caterer, salesman, floorwalker, exporter, jobber, businessman, merchandizer, merchant, seller, wholesaler, middleman, distributor, saleswoman, monger, importer, trader, dealer, retailer, salesperson, storekeeper, supplier, vendor, salesclerk, agent, marketer, businessperson

Usage examples:

• One found it among the peasants, one's neighbor in the day coach, the artisan, the shopkeeper. - "The Log of a Noncombatant", Horace Green.
• At last when we got up, to go back to our ship, this very nice shopkeeper wouldn't hear of our going away on any account. - "The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle", Hugh Lofting.
• She was brought up, while young, from her native country of Yorkshire to London, where getting into the service of an eminent shopkeeper, she might, had she been honest and industrious, have lived easily and with credit; but unfortunately both for herself and her master's apprentice, the young man took a liking to her, and one night, having first taken care to make himself master of the key of her door, he came out of his chamber into hers, where after a faint resistance, he got to bed to her. - "Lives Of The Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences", Arthur L. Hayward.