bookman
Americannoun
plural
bookmen-
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
Since then, something has happened to reduce the bookman to a mere bookworm.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
In my collection famed of curios I have, as every bookman knows, A pen that Thackeray once used.
From Cobwebs from a Library Corner by Bangs, John Kendrick
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