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Webster 1913 Edition

Bookholder

Book′holdˊer

(boŏk′hōldˊẽr)

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Noun.

1.

A prompter at a theater.

[Obs.]

Beau. & Fl.

2.

A support for a book, holding it open, while one reads or copies from it.

Definition 2024

bookholder

bookholder

English

Noun

bookholder ‎(plural bookholders)

A support for a book, holding it open for reading or copying.
(obsolete) A prompter at a theatre.
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