stationer

American  

[stey-shuh-ner] / ˈsteɪ ʃə nər /

noun

1. a person who sells the materials used in writing, as paper, pens, pencils, and ink.

2. Archaic.

   1. a bookseller.

   2. a publisher.

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stationer British  

/ ˈsteɪʃənə /

noun

1. a person who sells stationery or a shop where stationery is sold

2. obsolete a publisher or bookseller

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Etymology

Origin of stationer

1350–1400; Middle English stacio ( u ) ner < Medieval Latin statiōnārius, noun use of the adj.: stationary, i.e., pertaining to dealers with permanent shops as distinguished from itinerant vendors

Example Sentences

Handblown opalescent glass lamps by local artist Fifi Laughlin, sold in Bremermann Design Shop, 1914 sterling silver strawberry forks from As You Like It, and a kid-friendly recipe box from The Stationer.

From Southern Living • Jan. 2, 2011

Knowing that her husband was bound to win, Mrs. Collett watched beaming from a balcony beside the outgoing Lord Mayor, Sir Percy Greenaway, Stationer.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dead of heart failure, Stationer Abraham was carried out by two policemen.

From Time Magazine Archive

To supply all these schools was "John March, Stationer and Bookseller, next door to Mr. Semmes's Tavern."

From A Portrait of Old George Town by Peter, Grace Dunlop

His imprint for many years was "Printed by Hugh Gaine, Printer, Bookseller, Stationer, at the Bible and Crown, in Hanover Square."

From The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume II (of III) by Freneau, Philip