bookman
Americannoun
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a studious or learned man; scholar.
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a person whose occupation is selling or publishing books.
Etymology
Origin of bookman
Example Sentences
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In this regard, Wessells — himself a bookman — rightly devotes his penultimate chapter to honoring science fiction’s most influential scholars and bibliographers, including E.F.
From Washington Post • Jan. 23, 2018
And in his "spare time," Dirda, who says he's not so much a critic as an "old time bookman," indulges his passion for Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 13, 2011
Today there are a handful of editorial celebrities: Knopfs Robert Gottlieb, an outstanding bookman, put the title Catch-22 on Joseph Heller's first novel.
From Time Magazine Archive
Since then, something has happened to reduce the bookman to a mere bookworm.
From Time Magazine Archive
An old bookman, investigating a pile of old books and records at the poorhouse, found that Saunders was my mother’s maiden name and he traced my relatives for me.”
From Betty Gordon in the Land of Oil The Farm That Was Worth a Fortune by Emerson, Alice B.
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