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breadseller

breadseller noun: a seller of bread.

Noun

breadseller (plural breadsellers)

  1. A seller of bread.
    • At Rome the inhabitants of the Trastevere quarter have been expressing their indignation in their usual manner; a retail breadseller having fallen victim to their knives in a dispute about the relative size and price of his loaves.1853 September, “Narrative of Foreign Events”, in Charles Dickens, editor, The Household Narrative of Current Events, (for the Year 1853,) Being a Monthly Supplement to Household Words, volume IV...
    • The breadseller said, “Pay money, and you can have some.”1985, Russell P. Spittler, “The Testament of Job”, in Marinus de Jonge, editor, Outside the Old Testament (Cambridge Commentaries on Writings of the Jewish & Christian World, 200 BC to AD 200; 4)...
    Synonyms:
    breadmonger

Synonyms of breadseller

Forms of breadseller

pluralbreadsellers

Origin of breadseller

From bread + seller. Compare the Middle English surname Bredseller.

Questions about breadseller

What does breadseller mean?
Breadseller means a seller of bread.
What part of speech is breadseller?
Breadseller is a noun.
What is the plural of breadseller?
The plural of breadseller is breadsellers.

Words near breadseller in the dictionary

  1. breadroot scurfpeas
  2. breadroots
  3. breads
  4. Breadsall
  5. breadseed poppy
  6. breadseller
  7. breadsellers
  8. breadstick
  9. breadsticks
  10. breadstuff
  11. breadstuffs

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