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stationer

[stey-shuh-ner]
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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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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Historical Examples of stationer

  • The envelope and the wax he had procured at a stationer's near the South Station.

    Galusha the Magnificent

    Joseph C. Lincoln

  • At last we passed a stationer's, and it occurred to me that I might as well buy some paper.

    The Moon and Sixpence

    W. Somerset Maugham

  • Indeed it is this very custom that gave rise to the term 'stationer.'

  • After a second or two she gave the number of a stationer's shop in the Avenue Mosart—.

    Man and Maid

    Elinor Glyn

  • He went at random into a stationer's shop; the shopman sang bass in his choir.

    Saint's Progress

    John Galsworthy

British Dictionary definitions for stationer

stationer

noun
  1. a person who sells stationery or a shop where stationery is sold
  2. obsolete a publisher or bookseller
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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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Word Origin and History for stationer

n.

"bookdealer, seller of books and paper," early 14c. (late 13c. as a surname), from Medieval Latin stationarius "stationary seller," from Latin stationem (nominative statio) "station" (see station).

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