Plural of grocer; people who own or work in shops that sell food and household supplies.
From grocer (from Old French grossier, wholesaler, from gros, large/wholesale) plus the plural suffix -s. The term originally meant wholesalers before retail took over.
The word grocer originally meant 'wholesale merchant' — retailers were so new and different that they needed a new word, showing how recently modern grocery stores became standard!
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