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Definition of Bookmen
1. bookman [n] - See also: bookman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bookmen
Literary usage of Bookmen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bookworm: An Illustrated Treasury of Old-time Literature (1891)
"... although, like most other bookmen, they had few real sympathies with every-day
life. They did not at all understand the necessities of expediency. ..."
2. The Thirteenth, Greatest of Centuries by James Joseph Walsh (1907)
"IX LIBRARIES AND bookmen. As the Thirteenth Century begins some 250 years before
the art of printing was introduced, it would seem idle to talk of libraries ..."
3. Annual Meeting of the American Institute of Instruction by American Institute of Instruction, Meeting (1899)
"THE EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS TO BE SOLVED BY bookmen. BY HAMILTON I. SMITH. It has
come to be clearly recognized by thoughtful people that the school-book ..."
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