noun
- plural of apothecary; people who prepare and sell medicines and drugs; pharmacists
Usage: historical; formal
Examples
- Medieval apothecaries mixed herbs and compounds to create remedies.
- The guild of apothecaries regulated the practice of medicine in the city.
- Early apothecaries often served as both doctors and pharmacists.
- The apothecaries’ shops were filled with jars of mysterious powders and liquids.
- Modern pharmacists evolved from the traditional role of apothecaries.
- The apothecaries weighed their ingredients carefully on brass scales.