bookhunter
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
bookhunter (plural bookhunters)
- A person who seeks out rare or valuable books.
- 1864, Frank Leslie's Ten Cent Monthly, volumes 1-2, page 305:
- [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.