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Webster 1913 Edition

Stationer

Sta′tion-er

(-ẽr)
,
Noun.
[Cf.
Stationary
,
Adj.
]
1.
A bookseller or publisher; – formerly so called from his occupying a stand, or station, in the market place or elsewhere.
[Obs.]
Dryden.
2.
One who sells paper, pens, quills, inkstands, pencils, blank books, and other articles used in writing.

Webster 1828 Edition

Stationer

STATIONER

,
Noun.
[from station, a state.] A bookseller; one who sells books, paper, quills, inkstands, pencils and other furniture for writing. The business of the bookseller and stationer is usually carried on by the same person.

Definition 2024

stationer

stationer

English

Noun

stationer ‎(plural stationers)

  1. A person or business that sells stationery.

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Swedish

Noun

stationer

  1. indefinite plural of station

Etymology

From Medieval Latin statiōnārius, used of a bookseller who had a fixed station, especially at universities.

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