bookseller

[ book-sel-er ]

noun

1. the owner or proprietor of a bookstore.

Other Words From

• bookselling noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of bookseller¹

First recorded in 1520–30; book + seller

Example Sentences

“He’s saying that just to make noise,” said Alejandro Vázquez, a bookseller in Mexico City who was asked about Trump’s plans.

From Los Angeles Times

Visitors browse the riverside bouquinistes, the dark-green bookseller stalls that Macron personally ensured would stay in place during the Olympics despite security worries.

From Los Angeles Times

Leon Verschoor, a bookseller at Martyrium, a store in Amsterdam, said he had seen a real shift over his 30-year career in the book business.

From New York Times

The telling of it gives us more of Lila’s world than of Amy’s, though — the same way that the 1999 rom-com “Notting Hill” is grounded more in the world of the ordinary bookseller than of the movie star who wanders in and claims his heart.

From New York Times

By 1942, the volumes had made their way to Beverly Hills, California, where the bookseller Maxwell Hunley sold them to the real estate magnate and philanthropist Alfred Knight.

From Science Daily