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Definition of Shopman
1. n. A shopkeeper; a retailer.
Definition of Shopman
1. Noun. The proprietor, manager(,) or operator of a small store. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shopman
1. one who owns or operates a small store [n SHOPMEN]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shopman
Literary usage of Shopman
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Crimes and Misdemeanors by William Oldnall Russell (1824)
"according- shopman with it to the place, and at the hour appointed. ly, ... 10s.
; and the shopman stated that he had not suf- , and ficient cash about him ..."
2. A Treatise on Pleading and Parties to Actions: With Second and Third Volumes by Joseph Chitty, Henry Greening, John A. Dunlap, Edward Duncan Ingraham, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1851)
"... and whilst he continued to be the servant and shopman of the said plaintiff
as aforesaid, to wit, on the day and year aforesaid, at, &c. ..."
3. Practical Forms of Agreements Relating to Sales and Purchases by Henry Moore (1884)
"With Variations when it is by a Journeyman, shopman or Porter, or other Servant
in Trade. THIS AGREEMENT made, &c., BETWEEN, &c. (the master and servant) ..."
4. Certain Personal Matters: A Collection of Material, Mainly Autobiographical by Herbert George Wells (1898)
"The way the shopman eyes you as you enter his den, the very spread of his ...
But your ordinary shopman must needs pretend you delight and amuse him. ..."
5. Autobiography, a Collection of the Most Instructive and Amusing Lives Ever (1830)
"Intrigue of the comtesse d'Egmont with a shopman—his unhappy fate— The comtesse
du Barn protects him—Conduct of Louis XV. upon the occasion—The young man ..."
6. North Italian Folk: Sketches of Town and Country Life by Alice Vansittart Strettel Carr (1878)
"... but meanwhile it pleases her to discuss it with the shopman, so forty metres
are at last pronounced to shopman AND PURCHASER. be the necessary amount, ..."
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