stationer
Americannoun
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a person who sells the materials used in writing, as paper, pens, pencils, and ink.
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Archaic.
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a bookseller.
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a publisher.
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noun
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a person who sells stationery or a shop where stationery is sold
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obsolete a publisher or bookseller
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
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‘Half-quire of paper for a penny,’ bellows the street stationer.
From The Guardian ● May 8, 2017
The notebook is leather-bound; a label on it gives the name of a Fifth Avenue bookseller and stationer now long gone.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 16, 2015
Patience is also required to build up a carnet of addresses of the specialty shops fast disappearing from most places, enterprises like the venerable stationer F. Pettinaroli.
From New York Times ● Apr. 15, 2011
WH Smith - newsagent, stationer, bookseller and sometime general retailer - has played a key role in British shoppers' lives for decades.
From BBC ● May 28, 2010
Under the board were some sheets of newsprint I had saved, the lead piece from the statue of King George, my seeds, and the book given me by the stationer.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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