newsagentn.

Brit.

/ˈnjuːzˌeɪdʒ(ə)nt/, U.S.

/ˈn(j)uzˌeɪdʒ(ə)nt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: news n., agent n.¹

Etymology: < news n. + agent n.¹

Chiefly British.

A dealer in newspapers and periodicals, esp. the owner of a shop where these are sold; (now also) the shop itself, usually also selling tobacco, confectionery, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of books, newspapers, or pamphlets

bookmonger1275

stationer1311

bookseller?c1475

bibliopolist1541

book merchant1653

newsboy1728

book hawker1737

bibliopole1775

newsman1775

news-vender1796

newsagent1811

news-vendor1823

newspaper vendor1830

newspaper seller1837

newspaper boy1843

newsgirl1859

newsie1875

paperboy1876

1811 Bath Chron. 8 Aug. 1/5 Orders will also be received by Mr. Simms, bookseller, Bath; Mr, Latham, news-agent, Bristol, of whom prospectuses may be had.

1846 Amer. Whig Rev. Sept. 291 The nominal price of the paper is fivepence, but it is sold to the news agents..for fourpence.

1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 291/2 The regular price at a news-agent's shop being 5d.

1879 Printing Trades Jrnl. xxix. 43 Charged by your news-agent one shilling for a single number.

1932 Times Lit. Suppl. 28 Apr. 307/1 The author..bases an estimate of what it [sc. the reading public] reads on the statistics of public libraries and on examination of the stock of average lending libraries and newsagents.

1987 S. Johnson Commissioner xii. 138 The next day he bought the newspapers at his local newsagent in the Sablon.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	newsagent
释义	newsagentn. Brit. /ˈnjuːzˌeɪdʒ(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˈn(j)uzˌeɪdʒ(ə)nt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: news n., agent n.¹ Etymology: < news n. + agent n.¹ Chiefly British. A dealer in newspapers and periodicals, esp. the owner of a shop where these are sold; (now also) the shop itself, usually also selling tobacco, confectionery, etc. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of books, newspapers, or pamphlets bookmonger1275 stationer1311 bookseller?c1475 bibliopolist1541 book merchant1653 newsboy1728 book hawker1737 bibliopole1775 newsman1775 news-vender1796 newsagent1811 news-vendor1823 newspaper vendor1830 newspaper seller1837 newspaper boy1843 newsgirl1859 newsie1875 paperboy1876 1811 Bath Chron. 8 Aug. 1/5 Orders will also be received by Mr. Simms, bookseller, Bath; Mr, Latham, news-agent, Bristol, of whom prospectuses may be had. 1846 Amer. Whig Rev. Sept. 291 The nominal price of the paper is fivepence, but it is sold to the news agents..for fourpence. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 291/2 The regular price at a news-agent's shop being 5d. 1879 Printing Trades Jrnl. xxix. 43 Charged by your news-agent one shilling for a single number. 1932 Times Lit. Suppl. 28 Apr. 307/1 The author..bases an estimate of what it [sc. the reading public] reads on the statistics of public libraries and on examination of the stock of average lending libraries and newsagents. 1987 S. Johnson Commissioner xii. 138 The next day he bought the newspapers at his local newsagent in the Sablon. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1811
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