Definitions for bibliophile

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. bibliophile, booklover, book lover(noun)

    someone who loves (and usually collects) books

Wiktionary

  1. bibliophile(Noun)

    One who loves books.

  2. bibliophile(Noun)

    One who obsessively collects books, not necessarily due to any interest in reading them.

  3. Origin: First attested in 1824. From bibliophile, from βιβλιο- + φίλος.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Bibliophile(noun)

    a lover of books


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