bookman

[book-muhn, -man]

noun

plural

bookmen 

1. a studious or learned man; scholar.

2. a person whose occupation is selling or publishing books.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bookman¹

First recorded in 1575–85; book + -man

Example Sentences

Before long, the island’s new sovereign began to issue proclamations, investing his favorite bookmen and women with titles and high offices in the Redondan court.

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“That bookman’s paradise belongs to all of us,” the exhibition declares.

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These days the word “essayist” sounds fussy and a little old-fashioned, nearly as archaic as “bookman” and “poetess.”

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In fact, the now antiquated term “bookman” more aptly describes the multitalented Valentine.

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Atlas reads the work himself, and his voice — that of the bookman, rather than professional narrator — is saturated with feeling.

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