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bookman

[ boo k-muh n, -man ]

/ ˈbʊk mən, -ˌmæn /

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noun, plural book·men [boo k-muh n, -men] /ˈbʊk mən, -ˌmɛn/.

a studious or learned man; scholar.

a person whose occupation is selling or publishing books.

RELATED WORDS

brain, intellectual, know-it-all, sage, scholar, bibliophile, savant

Nearby words

Origin of bookman

First recorded in 1575–85; book + -man

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for bookman

In what way could The Bookman serve the interests of American literature in which it was not already serving them?
When Winter Comes to Main Street|Grant Martin Overton
Only in the lamplit closet of the bookman, the fanatic of first and fine editions, is it remembered and revered.
Prose Fancies|Richard Le Gallienne
I should say I wrote about your book of poems as you will have seen in the Bookman.
William Sharp (Fiona Macleod)|Elizabeth A. Sharp
I am quoting from his article, which may be read in the Bookman.
Books and Persons|Arnold Bennett

The bookman sympathised with him, but asked what was the proposed name.
The Book-Hunter at Home|P. B. M. Allan