a person who sells the materials used in writing, as paper, pens, pencils, and ink.
2.
Archaic.
a bookseller.
a publisher.
Origin
1350-1400;Middle Englishstacio(u)ner < Medieval Latinstatiōnārius, noun use of the adj.: stationary, i.e., pertaining to dealers with permanent shops as distinguished from itinerant vendors
Examples from the web for stationer
The address of a professional secretary can always be furnished by the stationer.
He bought a sketchbook from a stationer's near the bus terminal, a place that sold blank books of all descriptions.
At a stationer's, he bought a pen with a gold nib and a bottle of ink and a few sheets of writing paper.
Most large towns possessed some combination of printer, stationer, and bookbinder.
The west wing will probably contain a model and exhibit center, and possibly, a small stationer's-newspaper stand.
British Dictionary definitions for stationer
stationer
/ˈsteɪʃənə/
noun
1.
a person who sells stationery or a shop where stationery is sold
2.
(obsolete) a publisher or bookseller
Word Origin
C14: from Medieval Latin stationarius a person having a regular station, hence a shopkeeper (esp a bookseller) as distinguished from an itinerant tradesman; see station
Word Origin and History for stationer
n.
"bookdealer, seller of books and paper," early 14c. (late 13c. as a surname), from Medieval Latin stationarius "stationary seller," from Latin stationem (nominative statio) "station" (see station).