grocer, grosser

[O. Fr. gro ier=one who sells by the gro or wholesale; gros, fem. gro e great.] A dealer in tea, sugar, coffee, spices, . [GROSS.] "None of that companie, nor anie of the vinteners, should be admitted mai or of butchers, gro ers the citie."-Holinshed: Chron. Richard II . (an. 1382). sin, as; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f. -sious = shus. -ble, -dle, . = bel, del grocer's-itch