A woman who works in or owns a grocery business; a female grocer.
From grocery plus woman. This compound directly specifies gender, following historical English patterns of distinguishing gender in professional roles.
The existence of 'grocerywoman' as a term shows that women definitely worked in groceries, but the language itself marked them as exceptions rather than the norm — words reveal hidden history!
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