bookholder

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noun

A support for a book, holding it open for reading or copying.

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Meanings

nounbookholder (plural bookholders)

plural bookholders · alternative book-holder

  1. A support for a book, holding it open for reading or copying.
  2. Someone who holds a book.
  3. obsoleteA prompter at a theatre.

    they are out of their parts, sure: it may be 'tis the book-holder's fault

    1623 (first performance), John Fletcher, William Rowley, “The Maid in the Mill”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)

Origin

From book + holder.

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APA

bookholder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bookholder

MLA

“bookholder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bookholder. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bookholder,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bookholder.

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