Meaning

1 senses
  1. A bookseller.

More definitions
  • a dealer in secondhand books (especially rare or curious books)

Translations

3 languages

Origin

From Latin bibliopōla, from Ancient Greek βιβλίον (biblíon, “paper, document, tablet”) + π

From Latin bibliopōla, from Ancient Greek βιβλίον (biblíon, “paper, document, tablet”) + πωλέω (pōléō, “to barter, sell”) — (compare with the etymology of monopoly).

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Forms

plural: bibliopoles
Singularbibliopole
Pluralbibliopoles

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a dealer in secondhand books (especially rare or curious books):bibliopolist

Word family

3 related words

See also

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