bookseller

noun

book·​sell·​er ˈbu̇k-ˌse-lər How to pronounce bookseller (audio)
: one that sells books
especially : the proprietor of a bookstore
bookselling noun

Examples of bookseller in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Now, President Emmanuel Macron has stepped in, saying the open-air booksellers can stay put. Tariq Panja, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2024 That means giving your booksellers freedom that allows them frankly to have more fun. Byphil Wahba, Fortune, 11 Mar. 2024 Barnes & Noble had brought in a lot of professional retailers, but professional retailers don’t make very good booksellers. Byphil Wahba, Fortune, 11 Mar. 2024 Collectors came to them with wish lists for the booksellers to track down. Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2023 Last year, organizations representing publishers, booksellers and authors formed The Protect the Creative Economy Coalition to oppose state legislation. Susan Haigh, Fortune, 12 Mar. 2024 The law also means booksellers would have to rate books already sold. Phil Helsel, NBC News, 18 Jan. 2024 In the 1987 film 84 Charing Cross Road, a transatlantic transaction between a lover of books and a bookseller was snail’s pace slow as letters crossed the oceans, checks, and so on. John Tamny, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024 Since then, the roughly 230 open-air booksellers have created what is considered to be the largest open-air book market in Europe, stuffing their finds into more than 930 boxes along some two miles of the Seine. Catherine Porter, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bookseller was in the 15th century

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“Bookseller.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bookseller. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.

Kids Definition

bookseller

noun
book·​sell·​er -ˌsel-ər How to pronounce bookseller (audio)
: a person who owns or works in a bookstore

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