GREENGROCER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does greengrocer mean? 

• GREENGROCER (noun)
  The noun GREENGROCER has 1 sense:

1. a grocer who sells fresh fruits and vegetables

  Familiarity information: GREENGROCER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GREENGROCER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A grocer who sells fresh fruits and vegetables

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("greengrocer" is a kind of...):

grocer (a retail merchant who sells foodstuffs (and some household supplies))

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

 Context examples 

Oh, yes! he is the greengrocer who brings our vegetables round.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The Portuguese grocer refused him further credit, while the greengrocer, who was an American and proud of it, had called him a traitor to his country and refused further dealings with him—carrying his patriotism to such a degree that he cancelled Martin's account and forbade him ever to attempt to pay it.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)