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
"Read us the adoptions," grimly cried the bookmen.
From Time Magazine Archive
There have been many later additions; but the whole mass is now dedicated to the worthiest of its former possessors, and remains as a perpetual monument of the most learned and most eccentric of bookmen.
From The Great Book-Collectors by Charles Isaac Elton
