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Definition of Stationer

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

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. [n -S]

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Stationer

static line static magnet static tube statim statin stating statins statin drug station stational

stationariness stationary stationary stochastic process stationary wave stationed stationer (current term) stationeries stationers stationery stationery seller

stationing stationmaster stationmasters Stations Stations of the Cross station agent station house station keeper station waggon station wagon

Literary usage of Stationer

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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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