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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries古書店主
Pronunciation / Transliteration: koshoten-shu
"その古書店主は珍しい文学作品を所有している。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A person or commercial enterprise that buys and sells books, typically operating antiquarian, rare, or second-hand bookstores.
"The rare bookdealer carefully examined the fragile pages of the 18th-century manuscript." - 2
A merchant who deals in wholesale or retail literature distribution.
"He worked as a wholesale bookdealer supplying textbooks to universities across the region."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term is a compound formed from the Old English 'bōc' (book, writing, document) and the Middle English 'delen' (to divide, distribute, or trade), deriving from Proto-Germanic roots. Emerging in the early modern printing era, it evolved to specifically describe professionals who buy and sell books, distinguishing them from mere publishers or general merchants.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Bookdealer" is said worldwide
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libraire
Transliteration: li-bʁɛʁ
"Le libraire a trouvé une édition rare du roman."
Buchhändler
Transliteration: ˈbuːxˌhɛndlɐ
"Der Buchhändler empfahl mir ein historisches Werk."
libraio
Transliteration: liˈbraː.jo
"Il libraio antiquario cercava volumi antichi."
librero
Transliteration: liˈβɾe.ɾo
"El librero ordenó los manuscritos antiguos con cuidado."
livreiro
Transliteration: liˈvɾej.ɾu
"O livreiro especializado vendeu uma obra rara."
किताब विक्रेता
Transliteration: kitāb vikretā
"किताब विक्रेता ने पुरानी पांडulipi दिखाई।"
书商
Transliteration: shūshāng
"这位书商专门收集古籍珍本。"
서점상
Transliteration: seojeomsang
"희귀 서점상이 오래된 책을 평가했다."
古書店主
Transliteration: koshoten-shu
"その古書店主は珍しい文学作品を所有している。"
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