shop assistant

a store clerk.

Origin of shop assistant

First recorded in 1895–1900

Any young lawyer, shopkeeper, or clerk, or shop-assistant can keep himself in good condition if he tries.

Theodore Roosevelt |Theodore Roosevelt
I think it's pretty rotten for a fellow like you to go about with a shop-assistant, but that's not really the thing.

The Lonely Unicorn |Alec Waugh
She guessed that the shop-assistant must have found it, and placed it conspicuously on the counter.

Hilda Lessways |Arnold Bennett
How curious then that Miss Affleck should now be compelled to make her own living as a shop-assistant!

Fan |W.H. Hudson (AKA Henry Harford)

I reflected that I had done my share toward forming the opinions, the mental attitude of that young clerk or shop-assistant.

The Message |Alec John Dawson

shop assistant

a person who serves in a shop