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
Southeast Portland’s new social center Literary Arts, is a contemporary, independent bookstore, café, and spacious event destination for bibliophiles.
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Amanda Calnan Vowels, AFAR Media, 30 Jan. 2025
From initials to designs, these bibliophiles are making their mark on the literary world one press at a time.
—Haley Velasco, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2025
From $94 per night. BOOK NOW 1940s Biblioteca Apartment
This one goes out to the bibliophiles.
—Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 23 Jan. 2025
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
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Amanda Calnan Vowels, AFAR Media, 30 Jan. 2025
From initials to designs, these bibliophiles are making their mark on the literary world one press at a time.
—Haley Velasco, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2025
From $94 per night. BOOK NOW 1940s Biblioteca Apartment
This one goes out to the bibliophiles.
—Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 23 Jan. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bibliophile
Noun
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In another, a bookseller becomes stuck in a time loop.—
Natasha Frost,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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Spearman said he’s learned from his first run as a bookseller.—
Matthew Geiger,
Denver Post,
29 Mar. 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 23 Apr. 2025.
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