papyropolist
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From papyro- (“papyrus, paper”) + Ancient Greek -πώλης (-pṓlēs, “-seller, -monger”) + -ist. Cf. pharmacopolist.
Noun[edit]
papyropolist (plural papyropolists)
- (rare, obsolete) Synonym of stationer: a seller of paper.
- 1656, Thomas Blount, Glossographia..., s.v:
- Papyropolist... a Seller of Paper.
References[edit]
- “papyro-, comb. form”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2022.
