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book-answerer

book-answerer noun: a critic.

Noun

book-answerer (plural book-answerers)

  1. (obsolete) A critic.
    • If he has much money, he may buy reputation from your book anſwerers, as well as a monument from the guardians of the temple.1760, Oliver Goldsmith, “Letter XIII. From the same.”, in The Citizen of the World; or Letters from a Chinese Philosopher, […], volume I, London: […] [F]or the author; and sold by J. Newbery and W....

Forms of book-answerer

pluralbook-answerers

Questions about book-answerer

What does book-answerer mean?
Book-answerer means a critic.
What part of speech is book-answerer?
Book-answerer is a noun.
What is the plural of book-answerer?
The plural of book-answerer is book-answerers.

Words near book-answerer in the dictionary

  1. book words
  2. book world
  3. book worm
  4. book worms
  5. book-alike
  6. book-answerer
  7. book-answerers
  8. book-bag
  9. book-bags
  10. book-bearer
  11. book-bearers

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