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SELLERS

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Overview

SELLERS (noun)
  The noun SELLERS has 1 sense:

1. English comic actor (1925-1980)play

  Familiarity information: SELLERS used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


SELLERS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

English comic actor (1925-1980)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Peter Sellers; Sellers

Instance hypernyms:

actor; histrion; player; role player; thespian (a theatrical performer)


 Context examples 


Week after week his was the credit of the unprecedented performance of having two books at the head of the list of best-sellers.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

What a happy day for booksellers, music-sellers, and print-shops!

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

On December 22, landlords and brokers, and buyers and sellers of real estate will want to work with you—and you will be able to accord them easily.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

I want you to take it home with you, and to mark off all the hardware sellers, with their addresses.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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