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

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Read on to see the most popular audiobooks of 2025, according to indie booksellers. Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 13 Nov. 2025 And also thank you for writing in with the booksellers’ perspective on this matter. Literary Hub, 13 Nov. 2025 The name belonged to a London area with printing shops, booksellers and cheap lodgings where impoverished writers churned out pamphlets, satires, political tracts, sensational stories and hack journalism—whatever sold. Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 8 Nov. 2025 These spots are all gone, but now, due in part to the rise of #BookTok, where genre fiction often goes viral, booksellers are once again getting more targeted in their approach. Hilton Als, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bookseller

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

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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 15 Nov. 2025.

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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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