| 词汇 | grocer |
| 词源 | grocer. Grocers in medieval times were so named from the Latin grossus, “large,” because they sold only in large quantities. England’s Company of Grocers, an association incorporated in 1344, were wholesale dealers in spice and foreign produce. |
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