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Definition of Book lover
1. Noun. Someone who loves (and usually collects) books.
Generic synonyms: Bookman, Scholar, Scholarly Person, Student
Derivative terms: Bibliophilic
Lexicographical Neighbors of Book Lover
Literary usage of Book lover
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by Shakespeare Society (Great Britain) (1844)
"... the Theatre and the Curtain, the two houses in Shore.ditch, built about 1576
and set apart for dramatic performances. A BOOK-LOVER. London, 1844. ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Vespasiano is a panegyrist of Nicholas V, the great book-lover; he is severe to
the point of injustice ..."
3. The Book Buyer by Charles Scribner's Sons (1902)
"The Book- Lover A Magazine of Book Lore "The Book-Lover" was established as л
... The Book-Lover " has probably been more warmly praised by the general ..."
4. Library Journal by American Library Association, Library Association, Richard Rogers Bowker, Charles Ammi Cutter (1907)
"Your true book-lover would rather have a little old dog's-eared copy of his ...
The true book-lover wants to get at the soul of his book; the false one may ..."
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