stationer

(stās̸hə nər)

noun

  1. Obsolete a bookseller or publisher
  2. a person who sells office supplies, greeting cards, some books, etc.

Origin: ME stacionere < ML stationarius, tradesman with a fixed station or shop (by contrast with a peddler) < L, stationary

See stationer in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. One that sells stationery.
  2. Archaic
    a. A publisher.
    b. A bookseller.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English staciouner, a bookseller

Origin: , from Medieval Latin statiōnārius, shopkeeper (as against a peddler)

Origin: , probably from Latin statiō, statiōn-, place of business; see station

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