Etymology

bookman

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Today it means: One who held bookland. Full definition →

Middle English bocman ← Old English bōcmann
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  1. Old English · inherited frombōcmann“bookman, a holder of bookland”
  2. Middle English · inherited frombocman
  3. English todaybookman

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

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