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noun
A person who sells tobacco, cigarettes, cigars, snuff and sundry items.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A tobacconist's shop.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A person who is addicted to smoking tobacco.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a shop that sells pipes and pipe tobacco and cigars and cigarettes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: tobacco shop, tobacconist shop
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Broader terms: shop, store
noun
a retail dealer in tobacco and tobacco-related articles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: shopkeeper, tradesman, storekeeper, market keeper
History
Etymology tree English tobacco English -n- Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English tobacconist From tobacco + -n- + -ist.
Across languages
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
