bookman

Speech parts

1. bookman - Noun

2. Bookman - Proper noun

Meaning

A studious man; a scholar.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

scholar bookseller bookworm student bibliophile bibliographer litterateur bibliomaniac scholarly person academician bookbinder scientist sage savant brain
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Antonyms

jackass fool dummy idiot moron half-wit
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Hypernyms

intellectual intellect

Hyponyms

shakespearean Islamist dr. doctor scholastic Shakespearian

Derivatives

bookmen

Examples

A piece in the Bookman called Crane "the Aubrey Beardsley of poetry," Davis, p. 117 and a commentator from the Chicago Daily Inter-Ocean stated that "there is not a line of poetry from the opening to the closing page. Source: Internet

‘A haunter of bookshops since his childhood, spent north and west of Kensington Gardens, he was a dyed in the wool bookman, and was perhaps the last Man of Letters to have read ‘everything’.’ Source: Internet

In the film, a director, Lucky Straeker ( Steve Brodie ), and a producer, Harvey Bookman (Richard Kaye), bet over whether Jittlov can actually complete a major effects assignment, and Bookman does everything in his power to thwart Jittlov. Source: Internet

Letter to "The Bookman," April 10, 1906, quoted in full in citation p. 97: "The World, however, did not charge me with plagiarism. Source: Internet

In 1944, Carter filed for a patent for the cylindrical device, assigning it in 1946 to Bookman, Levinson, and another partner in what came to be Alabe Crafts, Inc. (Albert and Abe). Source: Internet

It is one of many clone PostScript typefaces distributed by Microsoft and Monotype around this time, including Arial (a clone of Helvetica ), Century Gothic (ITC Avant Garde) and Bookman Old Style ( ITC Bookman ). Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

bookmaker's shop bookmaking bookmaking establishment bookmanship bookmark bookmarkable