the.com/shopkeeper
Owns the till, the keys, and every problem that walks in after 6pm.
means A person who owns or runs a small shop, handling the goods, the customers, and the business of it all.
from A plain compound from 'shop' plus 'keeper' — one who keeps a shop, in the sense of minding or tending it. 'Shop' traces back to Old English 'sceoppa' (a booth or storehouse), related to German 'Schuppen' (shed); 'keeper' comes from Old English 'cepan,' to seize, hold, or guard. Put together in Middle English, the word simply describes someone who guards and tends a place of trade — no twist, just the honest arithmetic of standing behind the counter.
- origin
- from shop plus keeper, literally the one who guards it
- economics
- margin so thin it hides between barcode scans
- skillset
- accountant, therapist, and bouncer before lunch
- video games
- usually the only npc who never dies