Breadseller

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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."

Synonyms

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breadmonger

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"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."

Etymology

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

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