bibliopolen.
/ˈbɪblɪəʊpəʊl/ A dealer in books, a bookseller.
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society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of books, newspapers, or pamphlets
bookmonger1275
stationer1311
bookseller?c1475
bibliopolist1541
book merchant1653
newsboy1728
book hawker1737
bibliopole1775
newsman1775
news-vender1796
newsagent1811
news-vendor1823
newspaper vendor1830
newspaper seller1837
newspaper boy1843
newsgirl1859
newsie1875
paperboy1876
1775 S. Johnson in J. Boswell Life Johnson (1831) III. 220 He..kept a shop in the face of mankind, purchased copyright, and was a bibliopole, Sir, in every sense.
1826 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey I. ii. xii. 177 The ancient and amusing ballad, purchased..of some itinerant bibliopole.
Derivatives
bibliopolar adj. /-ˈpəʊlə(r)/
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society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [adjective] > seller of books
booksellerish1808
bibliopolar1822
bibliopolical1823
bibliopolistic1824
bibliopolic1825
1822 Ld. Byron Let. 8 Mar. (1979) IX. 123 The bibliopolar world shrink from his Commentary.
bibliopolic adj. /-ˈpɒlɪk/
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society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [adjective] > seller of books
booksellerish1808
bibliopolar1822
bibliopolical1823
bibliopolistic1824
bibliopolic1825
1825 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 17 477 It shows some bibliopolic liberality.
1856 D. Masson Ess. Biogr. & Crit. ii. iii. 284 The bibliopolic powers of Paternoster Row.
ˌbiblioˈpolical adj. of or belonging to booksellers.
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society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [adjective] > seller of books
booksellerish1808
bibliopolar1822
bibliopolical1823
bibliopolistic1824
bibliopolic1825
1823 W. Hone Anc. Myst. Described Pref. 10 To a bibliopolical friend I am indebted for the notice of the Castle of Good Preservance.
ˌbiblioˈpolically adv.
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society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [adverb] > in manner of bookseller
bibliopolically1834
1834 Fraser's Mag. 10 363 The bibliopolically baptised Contarina Fleming or the Wondrous Tale of Alroy.
bibliopolism n. /bɪblɪˈəʊpəlɪz(ə)m/ the principles or trade of bookselling.
/bɪblɪˈəʊpəlɪz(ə)m/ the principles or trade of bookselling.ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > selling > selling or sale of specific things > [noun] > books > habits or principles
booksellerism1778
bibliopolism1792
1792 S. Whyte in Hone Table Bk. I. 128 Initiation into the mysteries of bibliopolism and the state of authorcraft.
1813 P. B. Shelley in Contemp. Rev. (1884) Sept. 388 With all the pomp of empirical bibliopolism.
bibliˈopolist n. a bookseller (16th cent.).
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society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of books, newspapers, or pamphlets
bookmonger1275
stationer1311
bookseller?c1475
bibliopolist1541
book merchant1653
newsboy1728
book hawker1737
bibliopole1775
newsman1775
news-vender1796
newsagent1811
news-vendor1823
newspaper vendor1830
newspaper seller1837
newspaper boy1843
newsgirl1859
newsie1875
paperboy1876
1541 Guydon's Quest. Cyrurg. (ad fin.) Henry Dalbe stacyoner and byblyopolyst in Poules churche yarde.
1852 N. Hawthorne Blithedale Romance xvii. 174 A novel purchased of a railroad bibliopolist.
ˌbibliopoˈlistic adj. of, pertaining to, or befitting a bookseller.
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society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [adjective] > seller of books
booksellerish1808
bibliopolar1822
bibliopolical1823
bibliopolistic1824
bibliopolic1825
1824 T. F. Dibdin Libr. Compan. 340 A constant ingress and egress of bibliopolistic Mercurii.
bibliopoly n. /bɪblɪˈɒpəlɪ/ bookselling.
/bɪblɪˈɒpəlɪ/ bookselling.ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > selling > selling or sale of specific things > [noun] > books
bookselling1530
bibliopoly1831
colportage1846
bibliopolery1882
1831 Fraser's Mag. 4 4 Similar complaints..from the highest quarters of bibliopoly.
bibliopolery n. /ˈbɪblɪəʊˌpəʊlrɪ/
/ˈbɪblɪəʊˌpəʊlrɪ/ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > selling > selling or sale of specific things > [noun] > books
bookselling1530
bibliopoly1831
colportage1846
bibliopolery1882
1882 W. H. Russell Hesperothen I. 63 Bibliopolery and bibliomania are rather rampagious in America.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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