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A trader who sells goods in a shop, or by retail; -- in distinction from one who sells by wholesale. Addison.

ho deals; one who has to do, or has concern, with others; esp., a trader, a trafficker, a shopkeeper, a broker, or a merchant; as, a dealer in dry goods; a dealer in stocks; a retail dealer.

One who keeps a store or shop for the sale of goods; a shopkeeper. [U. S. & Scot.]

put a stop to its currency; -- an expression probably derived from the former practice of shopkeepers, who were accustomed to nail bad or counterfeit pieces of money to the counter.

A shopkeeper; a retailer. Dryden.

Having the appearance or qualities of a shopkeeper, or shopman.

The trick of a shopkeeper; deception. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

denoting the person or thing seeing or beholding; as, to show a house; show your colors; shopkeepers show customers goods (show goods to customers). Go thy way, shew thyself to the priest. Matt. viii. 4. Nor want we skill or art from whence to raise Magnificence; and what can heaven show more Milton.…

laid up so as to form a stock, or hoard. -- Stock in trade, the goods kept for sale by a shopkeeper; the fittings and appliances of a workman. Simmonds. -- Stock list, a list of stocks, or shares, dealt in, of transactions, and of prices. -- Stock lock, a lock inclosed in a wooden case and attached to the face of a…

One who keeps a "store;" a shopkeeper. See 1st Store, 3. [U. S.]

One who trades; a shopkeeper.

People engaged in trade; shopkeepers.