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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More events happening this weekend: 📚North Park Book Fair Stop by the street festival with 100 booths featuring local booksellers and authors, comic stores, zinemakers, art, food, music and a Halloween costume contest. Kate Murphy, Axios, 24 Oct. 2024 Now, in the first ever collective action against book bans, more than 350 libraries, booksellers, publishers, advocates, and members of the public who believe in the freedom to read will hold rallies and take action across the country on October 19 for the Freedom to Read Community Day of Action. Anthony W. Marx, Dennis M. Walcott, TIME, 19 Oct. 2024 The annual event is meant to bring the book community together — librarians, authors, educators, booksellers and readers — in support of literature, free expression, and the need for having free and open access to information. John Tufts, The Courier-Journal, 25 Sep. 2024 The idea for the Roman Catholic church known popularly as La Sagrada Familia came from a 19th-century Catalan bookseller, José María Bocabella. Michael Y. Park, Architectural Digest, 23 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for bookseller 

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 17 Nov. 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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