tobacconist

[Eng. tobacco; n connect., and suff. -ist.] *1. One who smokes tobacco; a smoker. "Let every cobler, with his dirty fist, Take pride to be a blacke tobacconist , Let idiot coxcombs sweare 'tis excellent geare, And with a whiffe their reputations seare." J. Taylor: Plutoes Proclamation. 2. A dealer in tobacco; one who sells tobacco, cigars, . "Colonial merchants, grocers, sugar bakers, and tobac conists , petitioned the House and besieged the public offices."-Macaulay: Hist. Eng ., ch. iv. Tō bā-gō, s. [See def.] Geog.: An island in the West Indies. Tobago-cane, s. The trade name of the slender trunks of Bactris minor , imported into Europe and made into walking-sticks.