bibliopole

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bibliopole

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From Latin bibliopōla, from Ancient Greek βιβλίον (biblíon, “paper, document, tablet”) + πωλέω (pōléō, “to barter, sell”) — (compare with the etymology of monopoly).

noun bibliopoles

A bookseller. ‘Nay, Sir; he certainly was a bookseller. He had served his time regularly, was a member of the Stationers' company, kept a shop in the face of mankind, purchased copyright, and was a bibliopole, Sir, in every sense.’
Similar: bibliopolist

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noun bookseller, especially of secondhand or rare books

Português	bibliopola
العربية	صَحَّاف ṣaḥḥāf

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@misc{bibliopole_2026,
  title = {bibliopole},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bibliopole},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}