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Definition of "bookseller" []

  • One that sells books, especially the owner of a bookstore. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "bookseller" in a sentence
  • "I haven't met all the booksellers in the world, but I am kinda going with the hypothesis that the difference between a real bookseller and a collector masquerading as a bookseller is the quality of their personal collection."
  • "Not that toiling as a bookseller is anyway to get rich quick."
  • "By the very nature of his calling the bookseller is a man of reading and culture; now and then among them you find a man of rare culture."