stationer

[stey-shuh-ner]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a person who sells the materials used in writing, as paper, pens, pencils, and ink.
Archaic.��
1. a bookseller.
2. a publisher.

stationer

/ ˈ��ٱ�ɪʃə��ə /

noun

a person who sells stationery or a shop where stationery is sold
obsolete��a publisher or bookseller

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Word History and Origins

Origin of stationer¹

1350–1400; Middle English stacio ( u ) ner < Medieval Latin ��ٲ��پ�ō��ܲ�, noun use of the adj.: stationary, i.e., pertaining to dealers with permanent shops as distinguished from itinerant vendors

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Word History and Origins

Origin of stationer¹

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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Example Sentences

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Not even a stationer’s imprint marring the surface.

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“Hell hath no fury like a stationer scorned.”

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The country brought in very limited easing of its virus control measures on 14 April, permitting some small shops - including bookstores, dry cleaners and stationers - to reopen.

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ITALY, with the most COVID-19-linked deaths in Europe, is keeping the lockdown largely in place although it lifted restrictions on two categories of shops - stationers and children’s clothes - on April 14.

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They would include bookshops, stationers and shops selling children's clothes.

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station break Stationers' Company

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