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
Tucked in the back of the store, a book room is a bibliophile’s haven, where shoppers linger among titles warmed by an oversized hanging lamp and retro furniture.
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Kansas City Star, 23 Jan. 2026
Carol's Capitol Bookstore in downtown Little Rock was a magnet for me and many other bibliophiles, a welcoming retreat that encouraged people to stay and read a while.
—Arkansas Online, 8 Jan. 2026
San Diego Public Library’s Winter Reading Challenge welcomes bibliophiles of all ages to explore literature this month.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2026
But instead, every new piece of intel about the film, which stars Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi as Cathy and Heathcliff, leaves serious bibliophiles feeling left out in the cold.
—Elaina Patton, IndieWire, 5 Dec. 2025
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Kansas City Star, 23 Jan. 2026
Carol's Capitol Bookstore in downtown Little Rock was a magnet for me and many other bibliophiles, a welcoming retreat that encouraged people to stay and read a while.
—Arkansas Online, 8 Jan. 2026
San Diego Public Library’s Winter Reading Challenge welcomes bibliophiles of all ages to explore literature this month.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2026
But instead, every new piece of intel about the film, which stars Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi as Cathy and Heathcliff, leaves serious bibliophiles feeling left out in the cold.
—Elaina Patton, IndieWire, 5 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bibliophile
Noun
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By Wednesday, thousands of calls to boycott the bookseller had flooded social media.—
Emily St. Martin,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2026
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Amazon, which started as an online bookseller and this year closed its Amazon Fresh supermarkets and Amazon Go convenience stores, is putting local infrastructure in place to shorten the distance between its warehouses and rural areas.—
Anne D'Innocenzio,
Fortune,
16 May 2026
Noun
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This copy of Bede’s history went to renowned English antiquarian Thomas Phillipps.—
Andrea Rosa,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2026
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This copy of Bede's history went to renowned English antiquarian Thomas Phillipps.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
17 May 2026
Noun
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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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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
Cite this Entry
“Bibliophile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bibliophile. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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