Thesaurus results for ANTIQUARIAN

antiquarian

noun

Definition of antiquarian

as in bookseller

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Recent Examples of antiquarian On Wall Street, as for an antiquarian bookseller, intermediaries tend to make the most money when the job is most difficult. — Gary Sernovitz, New Yorker, 15 June 2026 This copy of Bede’s history went to renowned English antiquarian Thomas Phillipps. — Andrea Rosa, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026 This copy of Bede's history went to renowned English antiquarian Thomas Phillipps. — CBS News, 17 May 2026 The antiquarian admittedly didn’t have such an easy road to the opening in 2005. — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for antiquarian

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bookseller

Noun

My husband, a bookseller, often notes that most books are bad, and this may be doubly true for children’s books, whose brevity leads foolhardy would-be authors to underestimate the difficulty of their task.

— Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
The untitled project got far enough in Hyperion’s pipeline to be assigned an ISBN and listed in bookseller databases as a 384-page hardcover.

— Andy Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026