Definition of "stockist" []

• Chiefly British A commercial retailer or wholesaler that stocks merchandise. (noun)

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• "One character worked on a women's magazine as a "stockist": presumably it was too much trouble for the writers to do any research."
• "On Saturday we visited a plant stockist to collect some new residents for our container garden, and today we visited a rare plant fair, where I picked up some new herbs for my herb planter, as well as some seeds for the medicinal & edible herb plot on the allotment."
• "For instance, there could be a stockist who has to make a small diversion to service a village; or employ people for an extra day to service a village."