newsagent

Etymology

From news + agent.

newsagent means A retail business selling newspapers, magazines, and stationery; a stationer. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 82 out of 100.

noun

A retail business selling newspapers, magazines, and stationery; a stationer.“The papers are freely available in Sydney bookshops and newsagents.”
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!”