as in pharmacist
a person who prepares drugs according to a doctor's prescription
she got her prescription for antibiotics filled by the druggist
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Recent Examples of druggist
To assist, Jefferson assigned a chemist and druggist by the name of George Hunter.
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Curtis Varnell The Timepiece, arkansasonline.com, 27 Oct. 2024
Between you and your doctor, your druggist, and your therapist.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 20 Aug. 2024
The Gazette heard about the incident at 2 a.m. Saturday when C.B. Hord, traveling salesman; H.C. Hoffmann, candy manufacturer; and E.J. Browne, druggist, reached the city after a night spent patching inner tubes.
—Celia Storey, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2022
White supports his theories with some crucial pieces of overlooked evidence, such as a brief mention in a newspaper story connecting Berner to a druggist who would have had access to strychnine.
—Maia Silber, The New Yorker, 30 May 2022
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Curtis Varnell The Timepiece, arkansasonline.com, 27 Oct. 2024
Between you and your doctor, your druggist, and your therapist.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 20 Aug. 2024
The Gazette heard about the incident at 2 a.m. Saturday when C.B. Hord, traveling salesman; H.C. Hoffmann, candy manufacturer; and E.J. Browne, druggist, reached the city after a night spent patching inner tubes.
—Celia Storey, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2022
White supports his theories with some crucial pieces of overlooked evidence, such as a brief mention in a newspaper story connecting Berner to a druggist who would have had access to strychnine.
—Maia Silber, The New Yorker, 30 May 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for druggist
pharmacist
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According to state records, the Board of Pharmacy had referred the matter to the Board of Medicine after a patient of Hartsuch’s complained that his pharmacist refused to fill the physician’s prescription for ivermectin in the treatment of COVID-19.—
Clark Kauffman,
Iowa Capital Dispatch,
11 Apr. 2026
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At the pickup, the pharmacist dropped the news that the drops would cost more than US$300.—
Deidre Popovich,
The Conversation,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Druggist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/druggist. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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