papyropolist

English

Etymology

From papyro- (“papyrus, paper”) + Ancient Greek -πώλης (-pṓlēs, “-seller, -monger”) + -ist. Cf. pharmacopolist.

Noun

papyropolist (plural papyropolists)

(rare, obsolete) Synonym of stationer: a seller of paper.
- 1656, Thomas Blount, Glossographia..., s.v:
  Papyropolist... a Seller of Paper.

References

“papyro-, comb. form”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2022.

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