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Definition: Storekeeper |
StorekeeperNoun1. A merchant who owns or manages a shop. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "storekeeper" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1896. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Economics | Responsible for the operation and maintenance of a Regional Stores Department. Source: European Union. (references) |
Occupations | Receives, stores, and issues equipment, material, supplies, merchandise, foodstuffs, or tools, and compiles stock records in stockroom, warehouse, or storage yard: Counts, sorts, or weighs incoming articles to verify receipt of items on requisition or invoices. Examines stock to verify conformance to specifications. Stores articles in bins, on floor, or on shelves, according to identifying information, such as style, size, or type of material. Fills orders or issues supplies from stock. Prepares periodic, special, or perpetual inventory of stock. Requisitions articles to fill incoming orders. Compiles reports on use of stock handling equipment, adjustments of inventory counts and stock records, spoilage of or damage to stock, location changes, and refusal of shipments. May mark identifying codes, figures, or letters on articles, using labeling equipment. May distribute stock among production workers, keeping records of material issued. May make adjustments or repairs to articles carried in stock. May determine methods of storage, identification, and stock location, considering temperature, humidity, height and weight limits, turnover, floor loading capacities, and required space. May cut stock to size to fill order. May move or transport material or supplies to other departments, using hand or industrial truck. May maintain inventory and other stock records, using computer terminal. May be designated according to material, equipment, or product stored as Camera-Storeroom Clerk (motion picture); Oil-House Attendant (clerical); Wire Stockkeeper (steel & rel.); or work location as Wine-Cellar Stock Clerk (hotel & rest.); or stage in manufacture of material or goods as Finished-Goods Stock Clerk (clerical); or container in which goods are stored as Drum-Stock Clerk (clerical). May receive and store incoming shipments of yarn, thread, or jute stock and verify color standards of shipment and be known as Color Standards Clerk (clerical). May be designated: Custodian, Blood Bank (medical ser.); Food-Storeroom Clerk (hotel & rest.); Hogshead-Stock Clerk (tobacco); Material Stockkeeper, Yard (petrol. & gas); Mold Picker (rubber goods); Paint Stocker (aircraft mfg.); Pattern-Room Attendant (foundry); Printing-Plate Clerk (print. & pub.); Sack Keeper (clerical); Template-Storage Clerk (clerical); Refrigerator-Room Clerk (clerical). May receive, store, and sort unserviceable equipment and supplies for sale, disposal, or reclamation and be known as Salvage Clerk (clerical). (references) |
| Directs warehousing activities for commercial or industrial establishment: Establishes operational procedures for activities, such as verification of incoming and outgoing shipments, handling and disposition of materials, and keeping warehouse inventory current. Inspects physical condition of warehouse and equipment and prepares work order for repairs and requisitions for replacement of equipment. Confers with department heads to ensure coordination of warehouse activities with such activities as production, sales, records control, and purchasing. Screens and hires warehouse personnel and issues work assignments. Directs salvage of damaged or used material. May participate in planning personnel-safety and plant-protection activities. (references) | |
| Dispenses supplies in beauty parlor or barber shop: Counts, sorts, issues, and collects articles, such as towels, drapes, combs, brushes, curlers, and nets. Washes combs and brushes in antiseptic soap solution and places them in sterilizing cabinet. Dilutes concentrated shampoo, rinses, and waving solutions with water according to instructions. Dissolves cake soap in water to make shampoo. Assembles materials, solutions, and equipment specified for individual treatment, such as facial, permanent wave, and manicure. Maintains perpetual supply inventory and lists items needed to replace stock. Sweeps floor and tidies rooms. (references) | |
| Receives, stores, and issues supplies and equipment and compiles records of supply transactions aboard ship: Verifies that supplies received are listed on requisitions and invoices. Stores supplies and equipment in storerooms. Issues supplies. Inventories supplies and equipment at end of each voyage. Compiles report of expenditures. May be designated according to department worked in as Storekeeper, Deck (water trans.); Storekeeper, Engineering (water trans.); Storekeeper, Steward (water trans.). (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: StorekeeperSynonyms: market keeper (n), shopkeeper (n), tradesman (n). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: warehouseman (labor). |
Crosswords: Storekeeper |
| Specialty definitions using "storekeeper": DISPATCHER, SERVICE ♦ schedule clerk ♦ trouble dispatcher. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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 | J. S. Rosenthal With group of Bilans and Chinese storekeeper. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Crewmen on USS Boston (CA-69) consume night rations after repelling a Japanese torpedo plane attack in the darkness off Formosa, 14 October 1944. The men are (from left to right): Storekeeper 3rd Class J.F. Livingston; Coxwain H. Lowe; Seaman 1st Class K.A. Kalajian; and Seaman 2nd Class F.L. Dugan. Note stretchers serving as seats, Dugan's life jacket and helmet (with liner). Credit: NAVY. |
 | "Everybody turns to when it's reactivation time. Here storekeeper striker D.W. Shore ... and Glenn Hobbs ... remove a dehumidifier from the hangar deck of USS Bairoko prior to its actual reactivation by San Francisco Naval Shipyard employees." "Navy men like Seaman Hobbs and Storekeeper Shore were given the task of helping in reassembling the ship that would be theirs when the ship departed from San Francisco." Quoted caption was released with this photo circa August 1950. Bairoko recommissioned for Korean War service on 12 September 1950. Credit: NAVY. |  | Storekeeper 2nd Class Francella Leigh, Yeoman 2nd Class Patricia McRae and Pharmacist's Mate 3rd Class Suzanne Hosmer (listed left to right) in their stateroom on board a transport, while they and other WAVES were en route to their new duty stations at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 8 January 1945. Credit: NAVY. |
 | A storekeeper in a small lumber camp in the mountains of eastern Kentucky filling a Red Cross order for a family of four persons. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | General storekeeper looking over bill, Ericsburg, Minnesota. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Tire salesman showing wares to storekeeper, Caruthersville, Missouri. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Old storekeeper and abandoned store in near ghost town. Shaw, Kansas. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Former postmaster, storekeeper, and station agent in town of Shaw, Kansas. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Chacon, Mora County, New Mexico. A storekeeper. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Then such a farmer really became a storekeeper, and kept a store. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Storekeeper" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Storekeeper" is used about 18 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% | 18 | 82,615 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "storekeeper": small storekeeper. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; 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 |
storekeeper | 9 |
simpsons storekeeper | 5 |
navy storekeeper | 4 |
navy resume storekeeper | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "storekeeper"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | magazinier (warehouseman), dyqanxhi (merchant, shopkeeper, shopman, tradesman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تاجر (commercialize, deal, dealer, mercantile, merchandise, merchant, merchantman, sell, seller, shopkeeper, trade, trader, tradesman, traffic), أمين المستودع (warehouseman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Blackfoot | áóhpommáópii. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 保管员. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | skladník (warehouseman), maloobchodník (retail dealer, retailer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | lagerekspedient (warehouseman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | magazijnbediende (warehouseman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | انباردار, دکاندار. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kauppias (dealer, merchant, shopkeeper, tradesman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | magasinier (chief storekeeper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Lagerist (stockman, storeman, warehouseman), lagerhalter (stockman, storeman), ladenbesitzer (shopkeeper, shopowner), geschäftsinhaber (business owner, proprietor, shopkeeper, shopkeepers). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | καταστηματάρχησ (shop keeper, shopkeeper), αποθηκάριοσ, αποθηκάριος (warehouseman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מחס אי, ח ו י (grocer, shopkeeper, tradesman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | raktáros (yeoman, yeomen), raktárnok (yeoman, yeomen), boltos (shopkeeper, to be in trade). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | magazziniere (porter, warehouseman), bottegaio (shopkeeper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 倉庫番 (warehouseman), 商店主 (proprietor of a shop). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | そう"ば" (warehouseman), しょうて"しゅ (proprietor of a shop). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 가게 주인 (shopkeeper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | shappeyder (shopkeeper), fer stoyr, fer shapp (shopman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | orekeeperstay negociante (business person, businessman, coper, dealer, merchant, negotiant, seller, shopkeeper, stockbroker, trader, tradesman, trafficker, vintner), lojista (roustabout, shopkeeper, shopman, tradesman), empregado de armazém (warehouseman), comerciante (business person, businessman, commercialese, merchant, seller, shopkeeper, stockbroker, trader, tradesman, trafficker). (various references) лавочник (merchant, shopkeeper, shopman, tradesman). (various references) ralebenkele. (various references) vlasnik radnje (shopkeeper), magacioner (warehouse clerk). (various references) tendero (grocer, grocery, shopkeeper, shopman, tradesman), pañolero, almacenero (grocer, grocerykeeper). (various references) handlare (dealer, dealers, merchant, seedsman, shopkeeper, tradesman), förrådsförman, affärsinnehavare (shopkeeper). (various references) mağaza sorumlusu, kilerci (Butler, cellarer, pantryman), dükkâncı (shopkeeper, tradesman), ambarcı (warehouseman). (various references) крамар (merchant, shopkeeper, shopman), комірник. (various references) thủ kho, chủ tiệm người giữ kho, chủ cửa h ng. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | cellario, cellariorum, cellarium. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | ciepemann. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "storekeeper": storekeepers. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "storekeeper" (pronounced stô"rkē'per) |
| 6 | -ô" r k ē' p er | doorkeeper, scorekeeper. |
| 4 | -k ē' p er | beekeeper, bookkeeper, crowkeeper, gatekeeper, goalkeeper, groundskeeper, housekeeper, innkeeper, peacekeeper, shopkeeper. |
| 3 | -ē' p er | minesweeper. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-e-e-k-o-p-r-r-s-t" | |
-3 letters: pesterer, streeker. | |
-4 letters: keepers, keester, porkers, porters, presort, prester, pretors, reekers, reperks, reports, reposer, respoke, restoke, restore, skeeter, sporter, steeper, steerer, stroker, teepees. | |
-5 letters: keeper, ketose, kreeps, pekoes, perter, pester, peters, pokers, porker, porter, poster, preset, presto, pretor, proser, reeker, reperk, report, repose, repots, repros, rerose, reseek, resort, respot, rester, retore, retros, ropers. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-e-e-k-o-p-r-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: storekeepers. | |
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