PHARMACIST


Meaning of PHARMACIST in English

/ ˈfɑːməsɪst; NAmE ˈfɑːrm-/ noun

1.

( NAmE also drug·gist ) a person whose job is to prepare medicines and sell or give them to the public in a shop / store or in a hospital :

We had to wait for the pharmacist to make up her prescription.

—compare chemist

2.

pharma·cist's ( pl. pharma·cists ) ( BrE ) a shop that sells medicines :

They sell vitamin supplements at the pharmacist's.

—compare chemist

—see also pharmacy

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