Meanings
plural stationers
- A person or business that sells stationery.
Synonyms: papyropolist
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person or business that sells stationery.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna merchant who sells writing materials and office supplies
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Medieval Latinstatiōnārius
- Englishstationer
From Medieval Latin statiōnārius. By surface analysis, station + -er. Used of a bookseller who had a fixed station, especially at universities. Doublet of stationary.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian книжар
- книжар (knižar)person or business that sells paper and other stationery
Chinese Mandarin 文具店
- 文具店 (wénjù-diàn)person or business that sells paper and other stationery
Finnish paperikauppias
- paperikauppiasperson or business that sells paper and other stationery
French papetier
- papetierperson or business that sells paper and other stationery
Greek χαρτοπώλης, χαρτοπώλισσα
- χαρτοπώλης (chartopólis)person or business that sells paper and other stationery
- χαρτοπώλισσα (chartopólissa)person or business that sells paper and other stationery
Hungarian papírkereskedő, papír-írószer kereskedő
- papírkereskedőperson or business that sells paper and other stationery
- papír-írószer kereskedőperson or business that sells paper and other stationery
Irish páipéaraí, siopa páipéir
- páipéaraíperson or business that sells paper and other stationery
- siopa páipéirperson or business that sells paper and other stationery
Italian cartolaio
- cartolaioperson or business that sells paper and other stationery
Japanese 文房具店, 文房具屋
- 文房具店 (bunbōgu-ten)person or business that sells paper and other stationery
- 文房具屋 (bunbōgu-ya)person or business that sells paper and other stationery
Latin chartarius
- chartariusperson or business that sells paper and other stationery
Polish właściciel sklepu papierniczego, właścicielka sklepu papierniczego
- właściciel sklepu papierniczegoperson or business that sells paper and other stationery
- właścicielka sklepu papierniczegoperson or business that sells paper and other stationery
Portuguese papeleiro, papeleira
- papeleiroperson or business that sells paper and other stationery
- papeleiraperson or business that sells paper and other stationery
Turkish kırtasiyeci, kâğıtçı
- kırtasiyeciperson or business that sells paper and other stationery
- kâğıtçıperson or business that sells paper and other stationery
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Cite this entry
stationer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stationer
“stationer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stationer. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stationer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stationer.
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