stationer

[ stey-shuh-ner ]

noun

1. a person who sells the materials used in writing, as paper, pens, pencils, and ink.
2. Archaic.
   1. a bookseller.
   2. a publisher.

stationer

/ ˈsteɪʃənə /

noun

1. a person who sells stationery or a shop where stationery is sold
2. obsolete.
   a publisher or bookseller

Word History and Origins

Origin of stationer¹

1350–1400; Middle English stacio ( u ) ner < Medieval Latin statiōnārius, noun use of the adj.: stationary, i.e., pertaining to dealers with permanent shops as distinguished from itinerant vendors

Word History and Origins

Origin of stationer¹

C14: from Medieval Latin stationarius a person having a regular station, hence a shopkeeper (esp a bookseller) as distinguished from an itinerant tradesman; see station

Example Sentences

For instance, he collects rubber bands, and on a recent trip to London found what to him amounted to a glorious cache—a 25-gram pack of branded rubber bands from WH Smith and a 100-gram pack from an independent stationer.

From Literature

This prevailing view was perhaps most explicitly promoted in the 20th century by Alan Turing, the great pioneer of mind modeling: “Presumably the child brain is something like a notebook as one buys it from the stationer's,” he wrote.

From Scientific American

Vroman partnered with stationer J.S.

From Los Angeles Times

Devambez, a French brand that has its roots in the 19th century stationer that provided letterhead to French presidents and European royalty, is definitely in the latter category, offering smoking accouterments like $980, 24-karat gold emerald-topped tampers and $795 molded-glass, silver-lidded ashtrays.

From Los Angeles Times

Devambez, a French brand that has its roots in the 19th century stationer that provided letterhead to French presidents and European royalty, is definitely in the latter category, offering smoking accouterments like $980, 24-karat gold emerald-topped tampers and $795 molded-glass, silver-lidded ashtrays.

From Los Angeles Times