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Captain of a small commercial vessel, navigating by the bell above the door.
means A person who owns or manages a shop, handling its stock, sales, and daily survival.
from From shop (Old English sceoppa, a booth or shed) plus keeper, one who guards or maintains — literally the keeper of the booth, a role as old as the marketplace itself.
Napoleon's snubHe allegedly called England a nation of shopkeepers.
Census stapleAmong the oldest recorded occupations in trade records.
Vanishing breedIndependent shopkeepers thin as chains and screens expand.