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Bookseller

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. One that sells books, especially the owner of a bookstore.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A person engaged in the business of selling books.

n. A business that sells books.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. One who sells books.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A person who carries on the business of selling books.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a dealer in books; a merchant who sells books

n. the proprietor of a bookstore

Word Usage

"I haven't met all the booksellers in the world, but I am kinda going with the hypothesis that the difference between a real bookseller and a collector masquerading as a bookseller is the quality of their personal collection."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

merchant merchandiser owner proprietor

Form

booksellerish booksellerism

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

bookman

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

publisher bookshop grocer schoolmaster florist tobacconist milliner jeweller apothecary playwright