bookhunter

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noun

A person who seeks out rare or valuable books.

Scrabble 19
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Meanings

nounbookhunter (plural bookhunters)

plural bookhunters

  1. A person who seeks out rare or valuable books.

    [They] have entered into the hunt with all the zeal that characterized the bookhunters, the coin collectors, the autograph devourers and the rest of that class of maniacs.

    1864, Frank Leslie's Ten Cent Monthly, volumes 1-2, page 305

Origin

From book + hunter.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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