as in bookseller
one who is keenly devoted to books for bibliophiles, no electronic device could possibly give the tactile pleasure of a beautifully bound book

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Recent Examples of bibliophile Rare Square Books rounds out their offerings, housing special and hard-to-find editions that bibliophiles crave. American Booksellers Association, USA TODAY, 1 June 2024 This year, for the first time, a shuttle bus will transport bibliophiles between three, six, nine or all 13 participating bookstores. Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2024 Finally, bibliophiles will want to leave some time to stop by the Jane Austen Centre to learn about the writer’s life, family, and legacy. Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 18 Feb. 2024 Today, the bookshop hosts regular public events and offers a library curation service for bibliophiles looking to build their own reading rooms at home. Suyin Haynes, CNN, 6 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for bibliophile 
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Noun
  • The law was challenged by the American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas and others on behalf of a coalition of public libraries, booksellers, patrons of bookstores, boookseller associations and author associations.
    Ron Wood, arkansasonline.com, 23 Dec. 2024
  • In March this year, the ABA announced that the thriller novelist would be donating another $600,000 to be split among booksellers.
    Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 22 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • In some quarters, preservation is thought of as an antiquarian undertaking, a sentimental allegiance to structures that have ceased to function and so have relinquished their right to exist.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 12 Dec. 2024
  • The copper plates were originally made to illustrate the book Sepulchral Monuments in Great Britain by antiquarian Richard Gough.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
Noun
  • 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.
    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

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“Bibliophile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bibliophile. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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