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stationer

stationer

2 3.5
A person or shop that sells paper, pens, and office supplies
  • noun
  • /ˈsteɪʃənər/
translation icon : papelería
  • I need to buy some envelopes at the stationer before the meeting.

Examples

  • I propose that the company reconsider the membership of one of the stationers.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • -I have to pick up something down at the stationers.

  • We meet here to discuss the business of the stationers, and that only.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • Then you should not expect the stationers to listen to you.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • The stationers turned to watch as George Cowper made his way to the front of the room.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • Stopped at the stationer's, confirmed by the scent of paper mulch.

  • Tell Lucile about the disaster you had with the stationers.

  • The firm began in 1724 when Thomas Hancock opened a petty stationer and bookshop in Boston.

    Academic text (1997)
  • In copyright, the 1709 Statute of Anne was enacted for the benefit of domestic publishers, then called stationers.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Individuals in the Eastern District filed their petitions for bankruptcy relief on forms preprinted by legal stationers, as well as on blank pieces of paper on which the request for relief had been entirely handwritten.

    Academic text (2018)

Synonyms

stationery seller
vsstationer
2.7

A shop or person who sells writing and office supplies like pens and notebooks

is the retail shop form rather than the broader business term

Surface Forms

stationer singular
stationers plural

Morphology

stationer = station (opaque) = station + er

The word is historically formed from 'station' + '-er', but its modern meaning 'seller of writing materials' is not predictable from the base word alone.

Etymology

Stationer comes from station, which comes from an old Latin verb stare meaning 'to stand'. A stationer was originally someone who had a fixed 'standing' place or shop to sell books and paper, like the related word stationery, so today it means a person or shop that sells writing materials.