# bookman

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #74,776

## Definitions
1. One who held bookland.
2. A studious or learned man; a scholar; a student of books.
3. One who sells or publishes books; a bookseller.

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/bookman