Sta"tion*er (?), n. [Cf. Stationary, a.]

1.

A bookseller or publisher; -- formerly so called from his occupying a stand, or station, in the market place or elsewhere.

[Obs.]

Dryden.

2.

One who sells paper, pens, quills, inkstands, pencils, blank books, and other articles used in writing.

 

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