Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - chemist

(chemists) 1. A chemist or a chemist’s is a shop where drugs and medicines are sold or given out, and where you can buy cosmetics and some household goods. (BRIT) There are many creams available from the chemist which should clear the infection... = pharmacy N-COUNT: oft the N 2. A chemist is someone who works in a chemist’s shop and is qualified to prepare and sell medicines. (BRIT; in AM, use druggist, pharmacist) = pharmacist N-COUNT 3. A chemist is a person who does research connected with chemistry or who studies chemistry. She worked as a research chemist. N-COUNT