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seller

Pronunciation: /ˈsɛlə/

The English word “seller” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Someone who sells; a vendor; a clerk.
  2. Something which sells.

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”).

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