shopper

English

Etymology

From shop +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɒp.ə/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɔp.ə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɑ.pɚ/
• (Pakistani English) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɑː.pəɾ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɒpə(ɹ)

Noun

shopper (plural shoppers)

1. A person who shops.
   • 2013 July 26, Nick Miroff, “Mexico gets a taste for eating insects […] ”, in The Guardian Weekly‎^[1], volume 189, number 7, page 32:

     The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters such as ostrich, wild boar and crocodile.

   • 2023 December 27, David Turner, “Silent lines...”, in RAIL, number 999, page 29:

     On November 29 1952, a special train ran from Sunderland to Leeds for Christmas shoppers and those attending a Leeds vs. Brentford match. It caused controversy, with Sunderland traders protesting that their shops were just as good as those in Leeds.

2. A free local newspaper containing advertisements for local shops etc; sometimes includes discount coupons.
3. A kind of bicycle suited to riding short distances.
   • 2010, Malc Cowle, The Adventures of a Bicycle Frame Builder‎^[2]:

     Every conceivable type of cycle's represented; modern stripped down carbon fibre race bikes, state of the art touring machines and humble shoppers, tandems, tandem trikes, racing trikes and shopping trikes, mountain and BMX bikes.

4. (Pakistan) A plastic shopping bag.

Derived terms

• comparison shopper
• e-shopper
• mystery shopper
• personal shopper
• secret shopper
• window-shopper

 

Related terms

• open-shopper

 

Descendants

• → Urdu: شاپر (śāpar)

Translations

a person who shops

• Arabic: مُتَسَوِّق m (mutasawwiq), مُتَسَوِّقَة f (mutasawwiqa)
• Bulgarian: купувач m (kupuvač)
• Catalan: comprador (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 購買者／购买者 (zh) (gòumǎizhě), 購物者／购物者 (gòuwùzhě)

• French: acheteur (fr), acheteuse (fr) f, client (fr), cliente (fr) f
• German: Käufer (de) m, Käuferin (de) f
• Japanese: 買い物客 (かいものきゃく, kaimonokyaku)
• Russian: покупа́тель (ru) m (pokupátelʹ), покупа́тельница (ru) f (pokupátelʹnica)
• Spanish: comprador (es) m, compradora (es) f

Anagrams

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