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bookseller

American  
[book-sel-er] / ˈbʊkˌsɛl ər /

noun

  1. the owner or proprietor of a bookstore.


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Etymology

Origin of bookseller

First recorded in 1520–30; book + seller

Example Sentences

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By Wednesday, thousands of calls to boycott the bookseller had flooded social media.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

In an emailed statement, he said the bookseller does not sell AI books, “as far as we are aware.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

Along the way, as the cloud business progressed from a side project to a major part of Amazon’s business, companies stopped asking why they should turn their computing needs over to a bookseller.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

He is the only bookseller with this name in Pwllheli.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

Technological advance required the freest possible pursuit of knowledge, so Holland became the leading publisher and bookseller in Europe, translating works written in other languages and permitting the publication of works proscribed elsewhere.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

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