Definition of "shopman" [shop•man]

• The proprietor, manager, or operator of a small store. (noun)

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• "So she called the shopman to her, and asked him in French whether he could not take eight hundred francs for the bracelet."
• "The shopman was a red-haired Jew, an extraordinary disagreeable man, who used to fall into furious rages at the sight of a client."
• "He calls the shopman “Sir,” and makes no struggle against his native accent."