Definitions for "APOTHECARY"
The physician's accomplice, undertaker's benefactor and grave worm's provider. When Jove sent blessings to all men that are, And Mercury conveyed them in a jar, That friend of tricksters introduced by stealth Disease for the apothecary's health, Whose gratitude impelled him to proclaim: "My deadliest drug shall bear my patron's name!" G.J.
One who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes.
a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs
Keywords:  chemist
Keywords:  druggist, doctor
a druggist or a doctor
Keywords:  drugstore, colonial
a colonial drugstore