bookseller

noun

book·​sell·​er ˈbu̇k-ˌse-lər 

: one that sells books

especially : the proprietor of a bookstore

bookselling

ˈbu̇k-ˌse-liŋ 

noun

Examples of bookseller in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Meet Bonnie Slotnick, beloved bookseller and purveyor of cookbooks in the East Village lo these many years. — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2026

The booksellers visited homes and businesses with sample books, took orders, and then later delivered the books and collected payment. — Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 18 Sep. 2026

When sales of used and rare books spiked, booksellers suspected that AI companies were the buyers. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 17 Sep. 2026

To satisfy its voracity for billions of pages, Anthropic started out by placing mass orders with wholesalers, before turning to individual and secondhand booksellers to help fill in the gaps. — Francesca Mancino, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for bookseller

• bestseller
• flagellar
• impeller
• lamellar
• micellar
• modeller
• ocellar
• patellar
• propeller
• reseller
• scutellar
• beller

Kids Definition

bookseller

noun

book·​sell·​er -ˌsel-ər 

: a person who owns or works in a bookstore