pharmacist

B2 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ˈfɑɹməsɪst/ See IPA manual

noun Freq #15764

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noun
A person whose job is to prepare and sell medicines and give advice on how to use them.

The pharmacist explained how often I should take the tablets.

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1 noun · a person whose job is to... chemist

More apothecary druggist gallipotpharmacianpharmacopolepharmacopolist quack

Word family

Forms pharmacists

Derived forms ethnopharmacistnonpharmacistpolypharmacistradiopharmacist

Related forms pharmacy

Etymology

From pharmacy (“the art of preparing drugs, a drug, especially laxatives”) + -ist.

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# pharmacist

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** ˈfɑɹməsɪst
**Frequency rank:** 15764

## Meanings
1. A person whose job is to prepare and sell medicines and give advice on how to use them.

## Examples
- The pharmacist explained how often I should take the tablets.

## Synonyms
- apothecary
- chemist
- druggist
- gallipot
- pharmacian
- pharmacopole
- pharmacopolist
- quack

## Derived Forms
- ethnopharmacist
- nonpharmacist
- polypharmacist
- radiopharmacist

## Related Forms
- pharmacy

## Etymology
From pharmacy (“the art of preparing drugs, a drug, especially laxatives”) + -ist.

## AI Etymology
Pharmacist comes from pharmacy (“the art of preparing drugs, a drug, especially laxatives”) + -ist. In present-day English it covers a person whose job is to prepare and sell medicines and give advice on how to use them. The wider family includes derived forms such as ethnopharmacist, nonpharmacist, polypharmacist, radiopharmacist and related forms such as pharmacy.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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