noun
- a person who buys and sells books, especially rare or secondhand books; a bookseller or book dealer
Usage: formal or literary; often implies dealing in rare or antiquarian books
Examples
- The bibliopolist carefully cataloged each rare first edition in her shop.
- He spent his career as a bibliopolist, specializing in 18th-century literature.
- The old bibliopolist knew the provenance of every book in his collection.
- She consulted with a local bibliopolist to authenticate the vintage manuscript.
- Many bibliopolists attend book fairs to buy and sell valuable volumes.