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Definition: Druggist |
DruggistNoun1. A health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "druggist" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Synonyms: DruggistSynonyms: apothecary (n), chemist (n), pharmacist (n), pill pusher (n), pill roller (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Remedy | Doctor, physician, surgeon; medical practitioner, general practitioner, specialist; medical attendant, apothecary, druggist; leech; osteopath, osteopathist; optometrist, ophthalmologist; internist, oncologist, gastroenterologist; epidemiologist, public health specialist; dermatologist; podiatrist; witch doctor, shaman, faith healer, quack, exorcist; Aesculapius, Hippocrates, Galen; accoucheur, accoucheuse, midwife, oculist, aurist; operator; nurse, registered nurse, practical nurse, monthly nurse, sister; nurse's aide, candystriper; dresser; bonesetter; pharmaceutist, pharmacist, druggist, chemist, pharmacopolist. |
Dispensary; dispensatory, drug store, pharmacy, apothecary, druggist, chemist. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Druggist |
| English words defined with "druggist": Drugger, Drugster ♦ Pharmaceutist, prescription. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "druggist": COMPLEXION. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "druggist": Drugger, Drugster. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | The druggist said you can tell how old she is by feeling her teeth. (Three Men and a Baby; writing credit: Jim Cruickshank; James Orr) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Cover of American Druggist, Aug. 1929, showing waiter, carrying three ice cream floats, looking in fear at bee in his lapel; calendar for August 1929 in lower left corner. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | High school boy talking to druggist. Graceville, Minnesota. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Druggist" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Druggist" is used about 21 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 21 | 76,261 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
druggist lily | 7 |
druggist | 7 |
american druggist | 6 |
druggist houston | 3 |
association druggist national retail | 3 |
chemist druggist | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "druggist"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | farmacist (chemist, pharmacist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تاجر الأدوية, عطار (perfumer, spice dealer), صيدلي (apothecary, dispenser, pharmaceutic, pharmaceutical, pharmacist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | аптекар (apothecary, chemist, dispenser, pharmaceutist, pharmacist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 藥劑士 (pharmacist), 藥劑師 (pharmacist), 藥商 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | magistr (master), lékárník (dispenser, dispensing chemist, pharmacist), farmaceut (dispensing chemist, pharmacist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | دوافروش (Dispenser), داروگر (Apothecary, Pharmacist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | rohdoskauppias (chemist), apteekkari (chemist, pharmacist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | pharmacien. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | apotheker (apothecaries, apothecary, chemist, dispenser, pharmacist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | φαρμακοποιόσ (apothecary, chemist, pharmacist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | רוקח (apothecary, chemist, dispenser, pharmacist), רקח (apothecary, perfumer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | patikus (apothecary, pharmacist), gyógyszerész (apothecary, chemist, dispenser, dispensing chemist, pharmacist, pharmacologist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | farmacista (apothecaries, apothecary, chemist, pharmacist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | potecaree (apothecary, chemist, dispenser, pharmcist), druggeyder. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | apoteker (chemist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | uggistdray farmacêutico (apothecary, chemist, dispenser, pharmaceutical, pharmaceutist), boticário (apothecary, chemist, pharmaceutist). (various references) droghist, farmacist (chemist, dispenser, pharmaceutist). (various references) аптекарь (apothecary, chemist, pharmacist). (various references) drogerista, apotekar (chemist, pharmacist). (various references) droguista (dope fiend), farmacia (chemist's shop, drugstore, pharmaceutics, pharmacy), farmacéutico (apothecary, chemist, pharmaceutic, pharmaceutical, pharmaceutist, pharmacist), boticario (apothecaries, apothecary, chemist, pharmacist). (various references) apotekare (apothecary, chemist, dispenser, pharmacist). (various references) เ สัชกร. (various references) eczacı (apothecary, chemist, dispenser, dispensing chemist, pharmaceutist, pharmacist). (various references) фармацевт (apothecary, chemist, dispenser, pharmaceutist, pharmacist), аптекар (apothecary, chemist, pharmaceutist, pharmacist). (various references) người bán thuốc, người bán dược phẩm dược sĩ. (various references) cyffuriwr (apothecary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "druggist": druggists. (additional references) | |
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"Druggist" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dorigish, druggets, drugist, ruggish, truggist. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "druggist" (pronounced dru"gust) |
| 4 | -g u s t | August, biggest, ethnomusicologist, longest, strongest, youngest. |
| 3 | -u s t | ablest, abolitionist, abortionist, absolutist, accompanist, activist, agonist, agriculturalist, agronomist, alarmist, alchemist, allergist, amethyst, amorist, analyst, anarchist, anatomist, anesthesiologist, anesthetist, angriest, animist, antagonist, anthropologist, anticommunist, apologist, apprenticed, aquarist, archaeologist, archivist, arsonist, artist, atheist, ballast, balloonist, barest, behaviorist, biased, bicyclist, biochemist, biologist, bitterest, blackest, bleakest, bloodiest, bluest, bluntest, boldest, botanist, bravest, breakfast, briefest, brightest, broadest, busiest, buttressed, calloused, canoeist, canvassed, capitalist, cardiologist, caricaturist, cartoonist, catalyst, cellist, chauvinist, cheapest, choicest, clarinetist, classicist, cleanest, closest, coldest, colonialist, colonist, columnist, communist, conservationist, contortionist, conversationalist, coolest, cornettist, craziest, creamiest, criminologist, cruelest, cultist, cyclist, darkest, deadliest, dearest, deepest, deforest, deist, densest, dentist, dermatologist, determinist, direst, dirtiest, dishonest, disinterest, driest, dullest, dumbest, earliest, earnest, easiest, ecologist, economist, editorialist, eldest, elitist, embarrassed, empiricist, encompassed, encyclopedist, endocrinologist, entomologist, environmentalist, epidemiologist, ethicist, exhibitionist, exorcist, expressionist, extremist, faintest, fairest, fanciest, farthest, fascist, fastest, fattest, federalist, feminist, fetishist, fewest, fiercest, finalist, finest, firmest, fittest, flimsiest, florist, focused, focussed, foggiest, fondest, forest, formalist, freest, freshest, friendliest, fullest, fundamentalist, funnest, funniest, furthest, generalist, geneticist, gentlest, geologist, gerontologist, goldest, grandest, gravest, grayest, greatest, greediest, greenest, grimaced, grimmest, grooviest, guitarist, gymnast, gynecologist, happiest, hardest, harnessed, harshest, harvest, healthiest, heaviest, heftiest, herbalist, highest, hippest, hobbyist, holiest, honest, hottest, hugest, humblest, humorist, hygienist, idealist, ideologist, illusionist, immunologist, imperialist, impressionist, individualist, industrialist, institutionalist, instrumentalist, interest, internationalist, internist, interventionist, isolationist, jaundiced, journalist, juiciest, junkiest, keenest, kindest, kremlinologist, largest, latest, laziest, leanest, leftist, librettist, lightest, likeliest, linguist, littlest, liveliest, lobbyist, locust, loudest, lowest, loyalist, luckiest, lyricist, machinist, manicurist, mannerist, masochist, materialist, meanest, medalist, mercantilist, merest, meteorologist, methodist, microbiologist, mightiest, mildest, mineralogist, misogynist, modernist, modest, monopolist, motorcyclist, motorist, musicologist, narrowest, nastiest, nationalist, naturalist, nearest, neatest, neediest, neurologist, neuroscientist, neutralist, newest, noblest, noisiest, noncommunist, nonconformist, noninterest, noticed, novelist, nutritionist, oboist, obstructionist, oddest, oldest, oncologist, ophthalmologist, opportunist, organist, orthodontist, orthopedist, pacifist, paleontologist, palest, panelist, pathologist, pessimist, pharmacist, philanthropist, photojournalist, physiologist, pianist, polemicist, poorest, populist, prefaced, prejudiced, premised, preservationist, prettiest, priciest, promised, propagandist, protagonist, protectionist, proudest, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, psychologist, psychotherapist, purchased, purest, quickest, quietest, quietist, racist, radiologist, rainforest, rainiest, rapist, rarest, receptionist, reddest, refocused, reforest, remotest, repurchased, reservationist, reservist, resurfaced, revolutionist, rheumatologist, richest, rightist, riskiest, ritziest, roughest, rudest, saddest, sadist, safest, satirist, savviest, scariest, scientist, secessionist, secularist, segregationist, seismologist, semifinalist, separatist, serologist, serviced, severest, sexiest, shakiest, sharpest, shortest, showiest, shrewdest, sickest, silliest, simplest, skimpiest, skinniest, sleekest, slickest, slightest, slimmest, sloppiest, slowest, smallest, smartest, smoggiest, smoothest, socialist, sociologist, softest, soonest, soundest, specialist, spiritualist, stablest, staunchest, steepest, sternest, stickiest, stiffest, stormiest, strangest, strategist, strictest, stupidest, supremacist, surest, surfaced, survivalist, sweetest, swiftest, tallest, tannest, technologist, televangelist, tempest, terraced, theorist, therapist, thickest, thinnest, thorniest, tightest, tiniest, toniest, toughest, tourist, toxicologist, traditionalist, trendiest, trickiest, truest, ugliest, ultranationalist, unbiased, unfocused, unionist, unkindest, unnoticed, urologist, violinist, violist, virologist, vocalist, warmest, weakest, wealthiest, weirdest, wettest, whitest, widest, wildest, wisest, witnessed, worthiest, yellowest, zaniest, zoologist. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-g-g-i-r-s-t-u" | |
-2 letters: turgid. | |
-3 letters: dirts, drugs, duits, durst, girds, girts, grids, grigs, grist, grits, guids, trigs, trugs, turds. | |
-4 letters: digs, dirt, dits, drug, dugs, duit, dust, gids, gigs, gird, girt, gist, gits, grid, grig, grit, guid, gust, guts, rids, rigs, rugs, rust, ruts, stir, stud, suit, surd, trig, trug, tugs, tuis, turd, urds. | |
-5 letters: dig, dis. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-g-g-i-r-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: druggiest, druggists. | |
+4 letters: disgruntling. | |
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