florist
pronunciation
How to pronounce florist in British English:
UK [ˈflɒrɪst]
How to pronounce florist in American English:
US [ˈflɔrɪst]
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- Noun:
- someone who grows and deals in flowers
- a shop where flowers and ornamental plants are sold
Word Origin
- florist
- florist: see flower
- florist (n.)
- "one who cultivates flowers," especially "one who raises flowers for sale," 1620s, formed on analogy of French fleuriste, from Latin floris, genitive of flos "flower" (see flora) + -ist. Related: Floristry.
Example
- 1. Select some flowers from your garden or the florist . Attach a thank-you note .
- 2. But first he would stop at the florist 's on his way home from the outpatient clinic .
- 3. The dog in the 1964 original santa claus painting by artist haddon sundblom was actually a gray poodle belonging to the neighborhood florist .
- 4. In the rural south , people love their sons and daughters and they may even break bread with the florist and his partner , but they still believe homosexuality is a sin .
- 5. One florist at shanghai chengzhuang florist company , which supplies flowers to hotels and restaurants where business is normally boosted by the parties , said that they were " greatly " affected by the cancellations and that their business had been cut by half from last year .