Meanings
nounbookseller (plural booksellers)
plural booksellers
- A person engaged in the business of selling books.
- A business that sells books.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Middle Englishboksellere
- Englishbookseller
From Middle English boksellere, bok-sillere, equivalent to book + seller.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek βιβλιοπώλης, βιβλιοπωλεῖον
- βιβλιοπώλης (bibliopṓlēs)person
- βιβλιοπωλεῖον (bibliopōleîon)business
Arabic كتابى, كتبي sg or
- كتابىperson
- كتبي sg orperson
Catalan llibreter, llibretera
- llibreterperson
- llibreteraperson
- llibrerperson
Chinese Mandarin 賣書者 /卖书者, 書商 /书商
- 賣書者 /卖书者 (màishūzhě)person
- 書商 /书商 (shūshāng)business
Czech knihkupec
- knihkupecperson
Danish boghandler, boghandel
- boghandlerperson
- boghandelbusiness
Finnish kirjakauppias, kirjamyyjä
- kirjakauppiasperson
- kirjamyyjäperson
- kirjakauppabusiness
French libraire, bouquiniste
- libraireperson
- bouquinisteperson
German Buchhändler, Buchhändlerin
- Buchhändlerperson
- Buchhändlerinperson
- Buchverkäuferperson
- Buchverkäuferinperson
Hungarian könyvárus
- könyvárusperson
Italian libraio, libraia
- libraioperson
- libraiaperson
Latin librārius, bibliopola
- librāriusperson
- bibliopolaperson
Lithuanian knygų pardavėjas, knygininkas
- knygų pardavėjasperson
- knygininkasperson
- knygynasbusiness
Norwegian bokhandel
- bokhandelbusiness
Norwegian Bokmål bokhandler
- bokhandlerperson
Polish księgarz, księgarka
- księgarzperson
- księgarkaperson
- bukinistaperson
- bukinistkaperson
- księgarniabusiness
Portuguese livreiro, livraria
- livreiroperson
- livrariabusiness
Romanian librar
- librarperson
Russian книготорго́вец, продаве́ц книг
- книготорго́вец (knigotorgóvec)person
- продаве́ц книг (prodavéc knig)person
- букини́ст (bukiníst)person
- книготорго́вля (knigotorgóvlja)business
- кни́жный магази́н (knížnyj magazín)business
Slovak kníhkupec
- kníhkupecperson
Spanish librero, librera
- libreroperson
- libreraperson
Swedish bokhandlare, bokhandel
- bokhandlareperson
- bokhandelbusiness
- boklådabusiness
Turkish kitapçı, kitapçı
- kitapçıperson
- kitapçıbusiness
Ukrainian книгопродаве́ць, букіні́ст
- книгопродаве́ць (knyhoprodavécʹ)person
- букіні́ст (bukiníst)person
Cite this entry
APA
bookseller. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bookseller
MLA
“bookseller.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bookseller. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bookseller,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bookseller.
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