bookman
noun
a studious or learned man; scholar.
bookmen
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pluralof bookman.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 6, 2022
When the bookmen began to examine their new acquisition, they naturally paid close attention to the annotations.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 21, 2015
Valiantly, the bookmen have continued to explore their copy of Baret’s “Alvearie” while encouraging people to visit their Web site — shakespearesbeehive.com — and study a facsimile of its pages.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 21, 2015
Nobody yet knows how mergers of this kind will affect trade-book publishing, though many bookmen are pessimistic.
From Time Magazine Archive
His criticism of books is of the best, and his friendships with bookmen are among the most interesting in literary history.
From George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends by Clement King Shorter
