/ ˈkemɪst; NAmE / noun
1.
(also disˈpensing chemist ) (both BrE ) ( NAmE drug·gist ) a person whose job is to prepare and sell medicines, and who works in a shop
—compare pharmacist
2.
chemist's ( pl. chem·ists ) ( BrE ) a shop / store that sells medicines and usually also soap, make-up, etc. :
You can obtain the product from all good chemists.
Take this prescription to the chemist's.
I'll get it at the chemist's.
a chemist's / chemist shop
—see also drugstore
—compare pharmacy
3.
a scientist who studies chemistry :
a research chemist
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WORD ORIGIN
late Middle English (denoting an alchemist): from French chimiste , from modern Latin chimista , from alchimista alchemist, from alchimia , from Arabic al-kīmiyā' , from al the + kīmiyā' (from Greek khēmia , khēmeia art of transmuting metals).