newsagent

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noun

A retail business selling newspapers, magazines, and stationery; a stationer.

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newsdealernewsvendornewsstand operator
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Meanings

nounnewsagent (plural newsagents)

plural newsagents

  1. A retail business selling newspapers, magazines, and stationery; a stationer.

    The papers are freely available in Sydney bookshops and newsagents.

    1990 February 11, Kendall Lovett, “Gay Newspapers Banned”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 30, page 2
  2. The proprietor of such a business.
    1 more example

    However, Anyon Kay remembers a Mr Walton Ainsworth, of Beech House, Rivington, who owned mills in Bolton, being a regular user before the First World War. He used to drive by horse and trap from his mansion to catch the 0906 train to Bolton each day. Before arriving at the station, local newsagent Tom Dutton would hand Mr Ainsworth his morning paper!

    2023 March 8, Paul Salveson, “Fond farewells to two final trains...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 54

Synonyms & antonyms

nounsomeone who sells newspapers

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newsdealernewsvendornewsstand operator
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Catalan estanc, estanquer
  • estancretail business
  • estanquerperson
Chinese Mandarin 報刊亭 /报刊亭, 報攤 /报摊
  • 報刊亭 /报刊亭 (bàokāntíng)retail business
  • 報攤 /报摊 (bàotān)retail business
Dutch kiosk
  • kioskretail business
Finnish paperikauppa, paperikauppias
  • paperikaupparetail business
  • paperikauppiasperson
French kiosque à journaux, marchand de journaux
  • kiosque à journauxretail business
  • marchand de journauxperson
German Zeitungskiosk, Zeitungsverkäufer
  • Zeitungskioskretail business
  • Zeitungsverkäuferperson
  • Zeitungshändlerperson
Hungarian újságos, újságosbódé
  • újságosretail business
  • újságosbódéretail business
  • újságárusperson
Italian giornalaio, edicolante
  • giornalaioperson
  • edicolanteperson
Japanese 新聞販売店
  • 新聞販売店 (shinbun hanbaiten)retail business
Korean 신문 가판대
  • 신문 가판대 (sinmun gapandae)retail business
Polish kiosk z gazetami, kioskarz
  • kiosk z gazetamiretail business
  • kioskarzperson
  • kioskarkaperson
Portuguese banca de jornal
  • banca de jornalretail business
Romanian chioșc de ziare, magazin de ziare
  • chioșc de ziareretail business
  • magazin de ziareretail business
  • vânzător de ziareperson
Russian газе́тный кио́ск, газе́тный киоскёр
  • газе́тный кио́ск (gazétnyj kiósk)retail business
  • газе́тный киоскёр (gazétnyj kioskjór)person
  • продаве́ц перио́дики (prodavéc periódiki)person
Spanish estanco
  • estancoretail business
Turkish gazete bayii, gazeteci
  • gazete bayiiretail business
  • gazeteciretail business
Cite this entry
APA

newsagent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/newsagent

MLA

“newsagent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/newsagent. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “newsagent,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/newsagent.

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