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Meanings of apothecary in English
Portuguese
farmacêutico Catalan
apotecari 
A health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs.
Historical name for a medical professional now called a pharmacist.
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Usage of apothecary in English
1
Nothing good, I'm sure,' the apothecary replied, wiping sweat from his forehead.
2
I may not be able to spell 'apothecary,' but I have insight.
3
Three hundred and fifty years ago this wasn't just any apothecary's shop.
4
The father had practised, I believe, as an apothecary in the town.
5
The little apothecary was preparing to open a vein in my arm.
6
And all-thecollector, the apothecary, the clerk-allwere of the same opinion.
7
The apothecary will tell us the whole of it, Rye said softly.
8
A last time he climbed to the floor above the apothecary shop.
9
Cutting, who quarters in the neighbourhood, is both my physician and apothecary.
10
I have paid the doctor, the apothecary, and the barber 14 stivers.
11
Jill Rivers has written 'the arts apothecary' and is an arts advocate.
12
A poor boy was apprenticed to an apothecary in a large city.
13
Give me an ounce of civet, good apothecary, to sweeten my imagination.
14
An ounce means one thing to the grocer, another to the apothecary.
15
The native apothecary has done his best for poor Cowper and me.
16
In 1675, apothecary Nicolas Lemery divided substances into mineral, vegetable, and animal.
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Translations for apothecary
Portuguese
Catalan
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Apothecary through the time
Apothecary across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common