"bookseller" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbʊksɛlɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bookseller.wav Forms: booksellers [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English boksellere, bok-sillere, equivalent to book + seller. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|boksellere}} Middle English boksellere, {{compound|en|book|seller}} book + seller Head templates: {{en-noun}} bookseller (plural booksellers)
  1. A person engaged in the business of selling books. Categories (topical): Businesses, Occupations Translations (person): βιβλιοπώλης (bibliopṓlēs) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), كتابى [masculine, singular] (Arabic), كتبي sg or [common-gender, masculine] (Arabic), llibreru [masculine] (Asturian), букіні́ст (bukiníst) (english: a seller of second hand books) [masculine] (Belarusian), llibreter [masculine] (Catalan), llibretera [feminine] (Catalan), llibrer [masculine] (Catalan), 賣書者 (Chinese Mandarin), 卖书者 (màishūzhě) (Chinese Mandarin), knihkupec [masculine] (Czech), boghandler [common-gender] (Danish), kirjakauppias (english: one who runs his own business) (Finnish), kirjamyyjä (english: one who works for someone) (Finnish), libraire [feminine, masculine] (French), librâr [masculine] (Friulian), libreiro [masculine] (Galician), Buchhändler [masculine] (German), Buchhändlerin [feminine] (German), Buchverkäufer [masculine] (German), Buchverkäuferin [feminine] (German), könyvárus (Hungarian), libristo (Ido), librovendisto (Ido), libraio [masculine] (Italian), libraia [feminine] (Italian), librārius [masculine] (Latin), bibliopola [common-gender] (Latin), knygų pardavėjas [masculine] (Lithuanian), knygininkas [masculine] (Lithuanian), bokhandler [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), bokhandlar [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), librari [masculine] (Occitan), كتابجی (kitabcı) (Ottoman Turkish), księgarz [masculine] (Polish), bukinista [masculine] (Polish), livreiro [masculine] (Portuguese), librar [masculine] (Romanian), книготорго́вец (knigotorgóvec) [masculine] (Russian), продаве́ц книг (prodavéc knig) [masculine] (Russian), букини́ст (bukiníst) [usually] (Russian), knjižar [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), libbraru [masculine] (Sicilian), kníhkupec [masculine] (Slovak), librero [masculine] (Spanish), librera [feminine] (Spanish), bokhandlare [common-gender] (Swedish), kitapçı (Turkish), книгопродаве́ць (knyhoprodavécʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian), букіні́ст (bukiníst) [masculine] (Ukrainian), łibrer [masculine] (Venetian), librer [masculine] (Venetian), librar [masculine] (Venetian), bukiselan [feminine, masculine] (Volapük), bukihiselan [masculine] (Volapük), bukijiselan [feminine] (Volapük), atàwé (Yoruba), tàwé-tàwé (Yoruba)
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  2. A business that sells books. Translations (business): βιβλιοπωλεῖον (bibliopōleîon) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), 書商 (Chinese Mandarin), 书商 (shūshāng) (Chinese Mandarin), boghandel [common-gender] (Danish), kirjakauppa (Finnish), knygynas [masculine] (Lithuanian), bokhandel [masculine] (Norwegian), księgarnia [feminine] (Polish), livraria [feminine] (Portuguese), книготорго́вля (knigotorgóvlja) [feminine] (Russian), кни́жный магази́н (knížnyj magazín) [masculine] (Russian), bokhandel [common-gender] (Swedish), boklåda [common-gender] (Swedish), kitapçı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-bookseller-en-noun-Pr~b15a- Disambiguation of 'business': 32 68
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bibliopole, bibliopolist, bookman [person] Derived forms: booksellerish

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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "knyhoprodavécʹ",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "книгопродаве́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bukiníst",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "букіні́ст"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetian",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "łibrer"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetian",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "librer"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetian",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "librar"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bukiselan"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bukihiselan"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bukijiselan"
    },
    {
      "code": "yo",
      "lang": "Yoruba",
      "sense": "person",
      "word": "atàwé"
    },
    {
      "code": "yo",
      "lang": "Yoruba",
      "sense": "person",
      "word": "tàwé-tàwé"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "business",
      "word": "書商"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shūshāng",
      "sense": "business",
      "word": "书商"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "business",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "boghandel"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "business",
      "word": "kirjakauppa"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "bibliopōleîon",
      "sense": "business",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "βιβλιοπωλεῖον"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "business",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "knygynas"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "business",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bokhandel"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "business",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "księgarnia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "business",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "livraria"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "knigotorgóvlja",
      "sense": "business",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "книготорго́вля"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "knížnyj magazín",
      "sense": "business",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кни́жный магази́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "business",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "bokhandel"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "business",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "boklåda"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "business",
      "word": "kitapçı"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bookseller"
}

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{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1089",
  "msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in Arabic: 'كتبي sg or', originally 'كتبي sg or m or c'",
  "path": [
    "bookseller"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "bookseller",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": bookshop vs. knížnyj magazín",
  "path": [
    "bookseller"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "bookseller",
  "trace": ""
}

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