| 单词 | shopkeeperess |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈshopkeeperess ˈshopkeeperess n. rare a female shopkeeper. [In quot. 2003 translating early modern German kremerin (15th cent. as †kramerin ; German Krämerin ; < Krämer shopkeeper, pedlar, hawker (see cramer n.) + -in, suffix forming feminine nouns).] ΚΠ 1858 Chambers's Jrnl. 23 Oct. 261/1 No tight, prim, pale, eager shopkeeperesses. 1905 Truth 9 Feb. 368/1 The retired shopkeepers and shopkeeperesses, who comprised the bulk of the local society, declined to have anything to do with him. 2003 S. C. Ogilvie Bitter Living v. 265 [In 1598] A widow called ‘die Kremerin’ (‘the shopkeeperess’) was fined for having ‘bought up and regrated nuts and other foodstuffs’. < as lemmas |
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