English Explanatory Dictionary

seller

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Someone who sells; a vendor; a clerk.
  2. Something which sells.
noun
  1. Obsolete spelling of cellar.
name
  1. An English and Scottish topographic surname, derived from any of several places named Sell.
  2. An English and Scottish occupational surname for a saddler, or for a person who sells things.
  3. An English and Scottish metonymic surname for someone who worked in a cellar.

Pronunciation

/ˈsɛlə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-seller.wav /ˈsɛlɚ/ sĕl-ər

Word forms

seller sellers

Etymology

From Middle English seller, sellere, (also siller, sullar, sullere), from Old English *sellere, *syllere, equivalent to sell + -er (agent noun) (sense 1) and sell + -er (patient) (sense 2). Cognate with Danish sælger, Swedish säljare, Icelandic seljari (“a seller; dealer”).

Related words

Sellers

Derived words

betelseller birdseller bookseller breadseller dramseller fishseller foodseller fruitseller handseller leatherseller printseller pyramid seller ragseller rumseller seller's market seller's remorse slopseller streetseller superseller teleseller toyseller bestseller megaseller panic seller short seller system seller
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