A person who loves books, is very knowledgeable about them, or works professionally with books as a scholar or editor.
Compound of English 'book' (from Old English 'bōc') and 'man.' The term has been used since at least the 16th century to describe literary scholars and book collectors.
The term 'bookman' conjures an older world of private libraries and dedicated scholars—people like Thomas Jefferson, who curated 6,000+ books and believed so strongly in reading that he designed his own university, the University of Virginia, around a library at its center rather than a church.
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