Definitions
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- noun One who loves
books .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who loves (and usually collects) books
Etymologies
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Examples
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Redekop's novel won a gold medal forbest popular fiction novel from the Independent Book Publisher Awards and was one of those sleeper finds from the past few years that any booklover will enjoy.
Guilty Pleasures 2010
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A Gift Upon the Shore was a gift from a reader of my book, Tolstoy and the Purple Chair, who recognized in my memoir a fellow booklover and believer in humankind.
Nina Sankovitch: Book Review: In A Gift Upon the Shore, Brave Women Save Books In a Harsh New World Nina Sankovitch 2011
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This woman is NOT a booklover, and I would urge anyone who feels similarly to contact her via her website, and urge her to stop making these. at
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No booklover goes to Wales without wanting to go to Hay-on-Wye.
Hay-on-Wye Glenda Larke 2010
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This woman is NOT a booklover, and I would urge anyone who feels similarly to contact her via her website, and urge her to stop making these. at
Archive 2008-07-01 2008
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No booklover goes to Wales without wanting to go to Hay-on-Wye.
Archive 2010-05-01 Glenda Larke 2010
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This has clearly been true for Maltby, a shy booklover with a boyish face whose most recent job was substitute teaching at an after-school science program.
Recession deals a double blow to those both disabled and unemployed 2010
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Hay on Wye is heaven on a stick for a booklover, isn't it!
Hay-on-Wye Glenda Larke 2010
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This has clearly been true for Maltby, a shy booklover with a boyish face whose most recent job was substitute teaching at an after-school science program.
Recession deals a double blow to those both disabled and unemployed 2010
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These bromides come from a gaggle of interviews on another popular booklover site, writersdigest. com, with writers and publishing pros who were sharing their thoughts about this “growing” group of readers.
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