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newsagent en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From news + agent.

Meanings

1. A retail business selling newspapers, magazines, and stationery; a stationer.
   • The papers are freely available in Sydney bookshops and newsagents. 1990 February 11, Kendall Lovett, “Gay Newspapers Banned”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 30, page 2:
2. The proprietor of such a business.
   • However, Anyon Kay remembers a Mr Walton Ainsworth, of Beech House, Rivington, who owned mills in Bolton, being a regular user before the First World War. He used to drive by horse and trap from his mansion to catch the 0906 train to Bolton each day. Before arriving at the station, local newsagent Tom Dutton would hand Mr Ainsworth his morning paper! 2023 March 8, Paul Salveson, “Fond farewells to two final trains...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 54:

Forms

Relateds

news agency

Translations (34)

tr gazeteci (retail business) · hu újságosbódé (retail business) · nl kiosk (retail business) · mk весникар (person) · fr kiosque à journaux (retail business) · fi paperikauppa (retail business) · de Zeitungskiosk (retail business) · ru газе́тный кио́ск (retail business) · tr gazete bayii (retail business) · pl kioskarka (person) · ca estanc (retail business) · ro vânzător de ziare (person) · pt banca de jornal (retail business) · de Zeitungshändler (person) · hu újságos (retail business) · cmn 報攤 /报摊 (retail business) · ro magazin de ziare (retail business) · ota غزتهجی (person) · ko 신문 가판대 (retail business) · it edicolante (person) · es estanco (retail business) · pl kioskarz (person) · pl kiosk z gazetami (retail business) · hu újságárus (person) · cmn 報刊亭 /报刊亭 (retail business) · ca estanquer (person) · ro chioșc de ziare (retail business) · fr marchand de journaux (person) · it giornalaio (person) · ja 新聞販売店 (retail business) · ru продаве́ц перио́дики (person) · ru газе́тный киоскёр (person) · de Zeitungsverkäufer (person) · fi paperikauppias (person)