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; ME stacio(u)ner < ML statiōnārius, n. use of the adj.: stationary, i.e., pertaining to dealers with permanent shops as distinguished from itinerant vendors
[Middle English staciouner, a bookseller, from Medieval Latin statiōnārius, shopkeeper (as against a peddler), probably from Latin statiō, statiōn-, place of business; see station.]