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bookman

noun

Etymology

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

  1. inherited from bōcmann
  2. inherited from bocman

Definitions

  1. One who held bookland.

  2. A studious or learned man

    A studious or learned man; a scholar; a student of books.

  3. One who sells or publishes books

    One who sells or publishes books; a bookseller.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A surname.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at bookman. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at bookman. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at bookman

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA