as in bookseller
one who is keenly devoted to books
a bookman since toddlerhood, he's never shown much interest in television or video games
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Recent Examples of bookman
Subsequent chapters explore great bookmen of the Renaissance, from the Florentine tradesman Vespasiano da Bisticci and the Flemish illuminator Simon Bening to the English antiquarian Sir Robert Cotton — manuscript obsessives all.
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Bruce Holsinger, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2023
In the 1970s and ’80s, a flamboyant Texas bookman and one-time president of the ABAA named John Jenkins made money selling stolen and forged items to libraries and collectors.
—Travis McDade, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Aug. 2020
Once asked to describe himself, McMurtry called himself a writer, a screenwriter — and perhaps most significantly, a bookman.
—Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2021
As bookmen and women became intelligence agents, the ordinary activities of librarianship—acquisition, cataloguing, and reproduction—became fraught with mystery, uncertainty, and even danger.
—Time, 3 Jan. 2020
Books would come in monthly, 10 or 15 at a time, carefully packed as only a bookman can pack books, and Dimunation would open them, eager for the riches inside.
—Jorge Dionis, Town & Country, 6 Dec. 2013
Bruce Holsinger, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2023
In the 1970s and ’80s, a flamboyant Texas bookman and one-time president of the ABAA named John Jenkins made money selling stolen and forged items to libraries and collectors.
—Travis McDade, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Aug. 2020
Once asked to describe himself, McMurtry called himself a writer, a screenwriter — and perhaps most significantly, a bookman.
—Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2021
As bookmen and women became intelligence agents, the ordinary activities of librarianship—acquisition, cataloguing, and reproduction—became fraught with mystery, uncertainty, and even danger.
—Time, 3 Jan. 2020
Books would come in monthly, 10 or 15 at a time, carefully packed as only a bookman can pack books, and Dimunation would open them, eager for the riches inside.
—Jorge Dionis, Town & Country, 6 Dec. 2013
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bookman
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More events happening this weekend: 📚North Park Book Fair Stop by the street festival with 100 booths featuring local booksellers and authors, comic stores, zinemakers, art, food, music and a Halloween costume contest.Kate Murphy, Axios, 24 Oct. 2024
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Now, in the first ever collective action against book bans, more than 350 libraries, booksellers, publishers, advocates, and members of the public who believe in the freedom to read will hold rallies and take action across the country on October 19 for the Freedom to Read Community Day of Action.Anthony W. Marx, Dennis M. Walcott, TIME, 19 Oct. 2024
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Parents, grandparents and family friends can all help create young bibliophiles by instilling an early love of books and reading.Martha Shade, CNN, 10 Sep. 2024
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The Queen City is a top spot for bibliophiles, earning a spot on the list of the top 15 best U.S. cities for book lovers, according to Explore.Mariyam Muhammad, The Enquirer, 9 Aug. 2024
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The copper plates were originally made to illustrate the book Sepulchral Monuments in Great Britain by antiquarian Richard Gough.Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Oct. 2024
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Since then, the sartorial antiquarian has turned it into a thrice-annual vintage fair on Manhattan’s West 18th Street in the Altman Building—the former carriage house that received goods for legendary New York department store B. Altman & Company.Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Bookman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bookman. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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