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Definition of Shop assistant
1. Noun. A salesperson in a store.
Generic synonyms: Sales Rep, Sales Representative, Salesperson
Specialized synonyms: Shop Boy, Shop Girl
Derivative terms: Clerkship
Language type: Britain
Definition of Shop assistant
1. Noun. An employee in a shop. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shop Assistant
Literary usage of Shop assistant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Parliamentary Debates by Great Britain Parliament (1908)
"This Bill, professedly and ostensibly in the interests of shop assistants, was
applicable to anyone whether a shop assistant or not. ..."
2. Women in English Life from Mediæval to Modern Times by Georgiana Hill (1896)
"... to women—Women as compositors and type-writers—The modern shop-assistant—Trades
now followed by women—The change of opinion as to women's occupations. ..."
3. Bulletin of the Department of Labor by United States Dept. of Labor (1901)
"If any person shall offend against the provisions of this section by allowing
any shop-assistant or other assistant as aforesaid to continue at work during ..."
4. The Irish Jurist (1864)
"Mr. Carroll will prove this on oath (meaning thereby that the plaintiff, while
in the employment of the defendant as shop assistant, had grossly ..."
5. Industrial Law by Frank Tillyard (1916)
"Under Section 1 of the Shops Act, 1912, on at least one weekday in each week a
shop-assistant is not to be employed about the business of a shop after 1.30 ..."
6. The Scots Law Times by Scotland Land Court (1893)
"There never was any question of a sale of tomatoes as between the appellants'
shop assistant and the officials of the Food Control Committee, ..."
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