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Webster 1913 Edition

Bookseller

Book′sellˊer

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Noun.

One who sells books.

Webster 1828 Edition

Bookseller

BOOK'SELLER

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Noun.

[book and sell.] One whose occupation is to see books.

Definition 2024

bookseller

bookseller

English

Noun

bookseller ‎(plural booksellers)

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

Synonyms

(person): bookman

Derived terms

booksellerish
booksellerism

Translations

person engaged in the business of selling books

Asturian: llibreru m
Catalan: llibreter (ca) m, llibretera (ca) f, llibrer m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 賣書者, 卖书者 ‎(màishūzhě)
Czech: knihkupec m
Finnish: kirjamyyjä
French: libraire (fr) m, f
Friulian: librâr m
Galician: libreiro m
German: Buchhändler (de) m, Buchhändlerin (de) f, Buchverkäufer (de) m, Buchverkäuferin (de) f
Italian: libraio m, libraia f
Latin: bibliopola c
Norwegian:

Bokmål: bokhandler (no) m

Nynorsk: bokhandlar m

Occitan: librari m
Polish: księgarz m, bukinista (pl) m
Portuguese: livreiro (pt) m
Romanian: librar (ro) m
Russian: книготорго́вец (ru) m ‎(knigotorgóvec), продаве́ц книг m ‎(prodavéc knig), букини́ст (ru) ‎(bukiníst) (usually of second-hand or ancient books)
Sicilian: libbraru m
Slovak: kníhkupec m
Spanish: librero (es) m, librera (es) f
Swedish: bokhandlare c
Turkish: kitapçı (tr)
Venetian: łibrer m, librer m, librar m
Volapük: (♂♀) bukiselan (vo), (♂) bukihiselan, (♀) bukijiselan

business

Chinese:
Mandarin: 書商, 书商 ‎(shūshāng)
Finnish: kirjakauppa (fi)
Norwegian: bokhandel (no) m
Polish: księgarnia (pl) f

Portuguese: livraria (pt) f
Russian: книготорго́вля (ru) f ‎(knigotorgóvlja), кни́жный магази́н (ru) m ‎(knížnyj magazín) (bookshop)
Swedish: bokhandel (sv) c, boklåda (sv) c