Sentence:  One would need to test this proposition carefully ; after all , the large ( and probably unreliable ) Reader 's Digest literature on the `` most unforgettable character I ever met '' deals with village <WSD>grocers</WSD> , country doctors , favorite if illiterate aunts , and so forth . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  a retail merchant who sells foodstuffs (and some household supplies)