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
All of the books were created by the bibliophile Reid Byers in collaboration with numerous printers, binders, and calligraphers.
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Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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.
—Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 18 Dec. 2024
Clearly a bibliophile, Hagan has one-of-a-kind books not just on the case, but sprinkled throughout the home.
—Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 12 Dec. 2024
Still searching for that perfect holiday season gift for the bibliophiles in your life?
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 4 Dec. 2024
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Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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.
—Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 18 Dec. 2024
Clearly a bibliophile, Hagan has one-of-a-kind books not just on the case, but sprinkled throughout the home.
—Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 12 Dec. 2024
Still searching for that perfect holiday season gift for the bibliophiles in your life?
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 4 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bibliophile
Noun
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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
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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
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At last year’s antiquarian fair, a single volume by Mr. Jones, a cookbook of recipes from fellow prisoners, sold for $20,000 to the University of California at Berkeley’s Bancroft Library, according to Mr. Kinmont, who handled the sale.—
Corey Kilgannon,
New York Times,
5 Apr. 2025
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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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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
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“Bibliophile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bibliophile. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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