chemist
chem·ist [chemist chemists] BrE [ˈkemɪst] NAmE [ˈkemɪst] noun
1. (also disˈpensing chemist) (both BrE) (NAmE drug·gist)a person whose job is to prepare and sell medicines, and who works in a shop
compare ↑pharmacist
2. chemist's(pl. chem·ists)(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
see also ↑drugstore
compare ↑pharmacy
3. a scientist who studies chemistry
•a research chemist
See also: ↑dispensing chemist ▪ ↑druggist
Word Origin:
late Middle English (denoting an alchemist): from French chimiste, from modern Latin chimista, from alchimista ‘alchemist’, from alchimia, from Arabic al-kīmiyā', from al ‘the’ + kīmiyā' (from Greek khēmia, khēmeia ‘art of transmuting metals’).
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