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# apothecary

«apothecary» in Mova's school dictionary: **An apothecary was a person who made and sold medicines…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an apothecary, apothecaries)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (old) An apothecary was a person who made and sold medicines, like a chemist or pharmacist today. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apothecary/#m1)

2) (old) An apothecary also gave simple medical advice and treatment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apothecary/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In history lessons about the Middle Ages, Tudor and Victorian times, the apothecary mixed herbs, powders and potions in a shop with jars. In stories, the apothecary sells cures and sometimes poisons. Today his job is done by a pharmacist (UK: chemist; US: drugstore).

### examples

- The apothecary mixed a potion of herbs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apothecary/#x1)
- In Tudor times you went to the apothecary for medicine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apothecary/#x2)
- Rows of jars lined the apothecary's shop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apothecary/#x3)
- The apothecary weighed the powder carefully. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apothecary/#x4)
- Today a pharmacist does the job of an apothecary. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apothecary/#x5)
- The story's villain bought poison from an apothecary. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apothecary/#x6)

### note

Countable: apothecaries (y → ies). Pronounced a-POTH-e-ka-ree. Old-fashioned word.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «apothecary» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apothecary/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.