Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In old English law, one who held bookland.
  • noun A studious or learned man; a scholar; a student; hence, one who is more familiar with books than with men and things.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A studious man; a scholar.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun One who held bookland.
  • noun A studious or learned man; a scholar; a student; one who is more familiar with books than with men and things.
  • noun One who sells or publishes books; a bookseller.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines

Etymologies

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From Middle English bocman, from Old English bōcmann ("bookman, a holder of bookland"), equivalent to book +‎ man.

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