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.

Words nearby stationer

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

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

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Examples 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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