bibliomaniac

noun

Definition of bibliomaniacnext
as in bookseller
one who is keenly devoted to books an incorrigible bibliomaniac, he's already bought more books than anyone could read in a lifetime

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bibliomaniac
  1. bookseller
  2. bibliophile
  3. antiquarian
  4. bookman
Noun
  • Amazon’s early days were characterized by its efforts to provide the tech to support the offline to online shift, initially for booksellers.
    Noam Toister, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
  • To Kaplan, the onscreen romantic chemistry between the two fictitious lead characters, rival booksellers Joe Fox and Kathleen Kelly, drew her attention.
    David Chiu, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of bookseller
Noun
  • 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
Definition of bibliophile
Noun
  • The copper plates were originally made to illustrate the book Sepulchral Monuments in Great Britain by antiquarian Richard Gough.
    Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Since then, the sartorial antiquarian has turned it into a thrice-annual vintage fair on Manhattan’s West 18th Street in the Altman Building—the former carriage house that received goods for legendary New York department store B. Altman & Company.
    Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of antiquarian
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of bookman
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