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Definition of Florist
1. Noun. Someone who grows and deals in flowers. "The florist made up an attractive bouquet"
2. Noun. A shop where flowers and ornamental plants are sold.
Definition of Florist
1. n. A cultivator of, or dealer in, flowers.
Definition of Florist
1. Noun. A person who sells flowers. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Florist
1. a grower or seller of flowers [n -S]
Medical Definition of Florist
1. 1. A cultivator of, or dealer in, flowers. 2. One who writes a flora, or an account of plants. Origin: Cf. F. Fleuriste, floriste, fr. F. Fleur flower. See Flower. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Florist
Literary usage of Florist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report of the Wisconsin State Horticultural Society by Wisconsin State Horticultural Society (1873)
"B,echer, John, florist, Milwaukee. Baumgarten, florist, Milwaukee. ... Gebhardt,
Heinrich, florist and vegetable gardener, Milwaukee. ..."
2. The Girl and the Job by Helen Christene Hoerle, Florence B.. Saltzberg (1919)
"THE florist The florist business will no doubt appeal to girls with a natural
love of flowers ... A girl may start at about $5 a week in a florist's shop ..."
3. Plays of the Harvard Dramatic Club by Harvard university Dramatic club (1918)
"L THE florist SHOP SCENE : A florist Shop. At the back, a broad s how window,
dressed with flowers, — azaleas, roses, daffodils, violets. ..."
4. The Southern Planter (1852)
"... and the florist; together with a complete summary of the most important Foreign
and Domestic News. Published every Thursday. TERMS PER ANNUM. ..."
5. China: Its Costume, Arts, Manufactures, &c. by Breton (Jean Baptiste Joseph), Henri-Léonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin (1813)
"ITINERANT GARDENER, OR florist. THE Chinese are generally of a sedentary disposition,
and scarcely ever go out, as in Europe, merely for exercise, ..."
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