Definition of Stationer

1. Noun. A merchant who sells writing materials and office supplies.

Exact synonyms: Stationery Seller
Generic synonyms: Merchandiser, Merchant

Definition of Stationer

1. n. A bookseller or publisher; -- formerly so called from his occupying a stand, or station, in the market place or elsewhere.

Definition of Stationer

1. Noun. A person or business that sells stationery. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Stationer

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stationer

stationarily
stationariness
stationarity
stationary
stationary bicycle
stationary distribution
stationary front
stationary fronts
stationary phase
stationary phases
stationary point
stationary stochastic process
stationary wave
stationary waves
stationed
stationer
stationer's
stationeries
stationers
stationery
stationery seller
stationhouse
stationhouses
stationing
stationings
stationkeeping
stationless
stationlike
stationmaster
stationmasters

Literary usage of Stationer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Select Glossary of English Words Used Formerly in Senses Different from by Richard Chenevix Trench (1865)
"I. Stationer. There was a time when ' stationer,' meaning properly no more than one who had his station, that is, in the market-place or elsewhere, ..."

2. A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England by Henry Robert Plomer (1907)
"Lancashire, stationer, proved on the 18th April, 1639, ... "Duncan Mond, stationer in Edinburgh, had a gift of King's printer conferr'd on him, ..."

3. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1889)
"When, many years ago, the present writer visited the place in Faraday's company, it was still a stationer's shop, the lady behind the counter mentioning ..."

4. The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland [1807-1868/69] by Great Britain, George Kettilby Rickards (1816)
"... of a Stationer or Dealer in Paper, Millboard, ^щ or w¡ln¡n Miles of any ... carrying on fuch Trade of a Stationer or Dealer as And Whereas by an Aft ..."

5. Practical Forms of Agreements Relating to Sales and Purchases by Henry Moore (1884)
"Between an Author, a Printer, and a Wholesale Stationer and Publisher for ... namely, That he, the said (stationer), will supply the said (printer) at his ..."

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