noun
druggist
DRUG-ist/ˈdrʌɡɪst/
A person who prepares or sells medicines.
The druggist checks the prescription before handing over the medicine.
Etymology
The drug base and occupational ending identify someone whose trade is medicines. The role includes not just selling them but compounding or preparing them according to prescriptions.
In context
In that first box of capsules there were six. The druggist compounded them correctly according to the prescription.
More examples
- Ask the druggist whether this medicine can make you sleepy.
- The town's two druggists sell bandages as well as medicines.
- My grandmother still calls her pharmacist a druggist.
Forms
druggist · druggists
drug noun — A substance used to treat or prevent illness.
Similar words
- pharmacist
- Specifically a licensed professional who prepares and dispenses medicines.