grocer
(noun) a retail merchant who sells foodstuffs (and some household supplies)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
grocer (plural grocers)
A person who retails groceries (foodstuffs and household items) from a grocery.
grocer (third-person singular simple present grocers, present participle grocering, simple past and past participle grocered)
(uncommon) To sell groceries; to act as a grocer.
Source: Wiktionary
Gro"cer, n. Etym: [Formerly written grosser, orig., one who sells by the gross, or deals by wholesale, fr. F. grossier, marchand grossier, fr. gros large, great. See Gross.]
Definition: A trader who deals in tea, sugar, spices, coffee, fruits, and various other commodities. Grocer's itch (Med.), a disease of the akin, caused by handling sugar and treacle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 April 2025
(noun) an obsolete term for the network of viscous material in the cell nucleus on which the chromatin granules were thought to be suspended
Decaffeinated coffee is not caffeine-free. Studies from the National Institute of Health (US) have shown that virtually all decaf coffee types contain caffeine. A 236-ml (8-oz) cup of decaf coffee contains up to 7 mg of caffeine, whereas a regular cup provided 70-140 mg.
