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BOOK LOVER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does book lover mean?
• BOOK LOVER (noun)
The noun BOOK LOVER has 1 sense:
1. someone who loves (and usually collects) books
Familiarity information: BOOK LOVER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who loves (and usually collects) books
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
bibliophile; book lover; booklover
Hypernyms ("book lover" is a kind of...):
bookman; scholar; scholarly person; student (a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines)
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