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Definition of Handbook

1. Noun. A concise reference book providing specific information about a subject or location.

Definition of Handbook

1. n. A book of reference, to be carried in the hand; a manual; a guidebook.

Definition of Handbook

1. Noun. A topically organized book of reference on a certain field of knowledge, disregarding the size of it. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Handbook

1. a manual [n -S] - See also: manual

Lexicographical Neighbors of Handbook

Literary usage of Handbook

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Popular Government: Four Essays by Henry Sumner Maine (1885)
"handbook—Switzerland ; The Alps of Savoy and Piedmont. Maps and Plans. ln Two Parts. ... With nearly 5o Maps and Plans. Post Svo, 2os. handbook— ..."

2. Nature by Nature Publishing Group, Norman Lockyer (1879)
"handbook—ENVIRONS OF LONDON, including a Circuit 20 Miles round the Metropolis. ... handbook—ENGLAND AND WALES. Arranged alphabetically and condensed into ..."

3. Historical Memorials of Westminster Abbey by Arthur Penrhyn Stanley (1882)
"handbook—Switzerland ; The Alps of Savoy and Piedmont Maps and Plans. ... handbook — Environs of London, within 20 miles round of the Metropolis. 2 vols. ..."

4. Ancient Law: Its Connection with the Early History of Society and Its by Henry Sumner Maine (1883)
"handbook—Switzerland; The Alps of Savoy and Piedmont . Maps and Plans. In Two Parts. ... With nearly 50 Maps and Plans. Post Svo, 2os. handbook— ..."

5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1877)
"handbook — Sweden, Stockholm, Upsala, Gothenburg, the Shores of the ... handbook—Environs of London, within эо railes round of the Metropolis, a vols. ..."

6. John Marshall by James Bradley Thayer (1901)
"handbook—ENVIRONS OF LONDON. An account, from personal visits, of every town and village within a ... handbook—DURHAM AND NORTHUMBERLAND. Map. Post 8vo, 9s. ..."

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