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
For many bibliophiles and librocubicularists books are truly a love language, and the holiday season is an opportune time to give the gift of reading.
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Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 18 Dec. 2024
Still searching for that perfect holiday season gift for the bibliophiles in your life?
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 4 Dec. 2024
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
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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Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 18 Dec. 2024
Still searching for that perfect holiday season gift for the bibliophiles in your life?
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 4 Dec. 2024
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
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bibliophile
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Popular plays were printed in books, which needed financiers, printers, booksellers and more government approval.—
Jeffrey R. Wilson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 Jan. 2025
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Along with her education, Quiroz García works as a bookseller and subscription coordinator at Skylight Books.—
Erik Pedersen,
Orange County Register,
24 Jan. 2025
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The few copies of her books that remained reached fantastic prices on the open market (a hardback first edition of Twice Lost costs $300 today), and so people who had copies, usually antiquarians or mystery enthusiasts, described the stories to those who couldn’t find or afford them.—
Joanna Biggs,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Feb. 2024
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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
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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
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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 3 Mar. 2025.
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