chemist

Universal Words noun 1 (also dispensing chemist) (both BrE) (AmE druggist) a person whose job is to prepare and sell medicines, and who works in a shop comparePHARMACIST 2 (chemist's) (plural chemists) (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 seealsoDRUGSTORE comparePHARMACY 3 a scientist who studies chemistry: a research chemist