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ʃə noun
1.
a person who sells the materials used in writing, as paper, pens, pencils, and ink.
2.
Archaic.
a.
a bookseller.
b.
a publisher.
Origin:
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
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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| —n | |
| 1. | a person who sells stationery or a shop where stationery is sold |
| 2. | obsolete a publisher or bookseller |
| [C14: from Medieval Latin stationarius a person having a regular station, hence a shopkeeper (esp a bookseller) as distinguished from an itinerant tradesman; see | |
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Stationer
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Example sentences
Most large towns possessed some combination of printer, stationer, and bookbinder.
The address of a professional secretary can always be furnished by the stationer.
At a stationer's, he bought a pen with a gold nib and a bottle of ink and a few sheets of writing paper.
The west wing will probably contain a model and exhibit center, and possibly, a small stationer's-newspaper stand.
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