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seller

Today it means: Someone who sells; a vendor; a clerk. Full definition →

Middle English seller ← Old English *sellere

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seller · noun¹

Old English · inherited from*sellere
Middle English · inherited fromseller
English todayseller

From Middle English seller, sellere, (also siller, sullar, sullere), from Old English *sellere, *syllere, equivalent to sell + -er (agent noun) (sense 1) and sell + -er (patient) (sense 2). Cognate with Danish sælger, Swedish säljare, Icelandic seljari (“a seller; dealer”).

seller · noun²

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