as in bookseller
one who is keenly devoted to books a bibliolater who regards vandalism to a library as being equal to desecration of a church

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Noun
  • Talking Animals Books is the official bookseller for the North Texas Teen Book Festival at the Irving Convention Center.
    Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
  • For Darcie, another bookseller, the most difficult people to recommend books to are those looking for books that, well, don’t exist.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Cincinnati is great for bibliophiles, as Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library has 41 locations, and more than 395,000 residents have library cards.
    Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 21 Aug. 2025
  • These are serious bibliophiles who’ve made reading a central part of their identity and are willing to travel across continents to find others who share that passion.
    JD Barker, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2025
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“Bibliolater.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bibliolater. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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