stationer

[ stey-shuh-ner ]

/ ˈsteɪ ʃə nər /

noun

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

Archaic.

a bookseller.
a publisher.

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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

Words nearby stationer

stationary front, stationary orbit, stationary point, stationary state, stationary wave, stationer, stationers' company, stationery, stationery office, stationmaster, stations of the cross

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Example sentences from the Web for stationer

My wife's brother, Mr. Christopher Plaskwith, is a bookseller and stationer with pretty practice, in R——.
Night and Morning, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton
We reached Blandford Street; and after a little looking about, he paused before a stationer's shop, and then went in.
Michael Faraday|Walter Jerrold
The titlepage to 'Poetaster' bears the stationer's as well as printer's name.
Catalogue of the Books Presented by Edward Capell to the Library of Trinity College in Cambridge|W. W. Greg
At any stationer's, you can buy a small pocket-map of the city, folded in a little morocco case.
The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners|Eliza Leslie

Paul E. Hearns, stationer and newsdealer at Pullman, was the next witness.
The Pullman Boycott|W. F. Burns

British Dictionary definitions for stationer

stationer

/ (ˈsteɪʃənə) /

noun

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

obsolete a publisher or bookseller

Word Origin for stationer

C14: from Medieval Latin stationarius a person having a regular station, hence a shopkeeper (esp a bookseller) as distinguished from an itinerant tradesman; see station

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