shopper

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun someone who visits stores in search of articles to buy
noun a commercial agent who shops at the competitor's store in order to compare their prices and merchandise with those of the store that employs her

From shop + -er.

Throngs of weary shoppers were crowding out, and a very respectable stream of them were forcing their way in. — The Real Adventure, Henry Kitchell Webster
Two holiday shoppers are even now haggling with the coppersmith over the price of a pair of curiously wrought brass candlesticks. — Children of the Tenements, Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis
No traffic is allowed on the square, on Kartnerstrasse or on Graben- strasse, so it is always packed with shoppers, tourists and street musicians. — Terminal Compromise, Winn Schwartau

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