bookseller

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bookseller

  • /ˈbʊksɛlɚ/ US

Where it comes from

From Middle English boksellere, bok-sillere, equivalent to book + seller.

noun booksellers

  1. A person engaged in the business of selling books.
  2. A business that sells books.

Similar: bibliopole, bibliopolist, bookman

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noun person

Españollibrero, librera
中文賣書者 /卖书者 màishūzhě
Portuguêslivreiro
Françaislibraire, bouquiniste
DeutschBuchhändler, Buchhändlerin, Buchverkäufer, Buchverkäuferin
Italianolibraio, libraia
Românălibrar
Русскийкниготорго́вец knigotorgóvec, продаве́ц книг prodavéc knig, букини́ст bukiníst
العربيةكتابى, كتبي sg or

noun business

中文書商 /书商 shūshāng
Portuguêslivraria
Русскийкниготорго́вля knigotorgóvlja, кни́жный магази́н knížnyj magazín

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@misc{bookseller_2026,
  title = {bookseller},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bookseller},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}