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bookshelver

bookshelver noun: a person who places or arranges books on shelves in a library, etc.

Noun

bookshelver (plural bookshelvers)

  1. A person who places or arranges books on shelves in a library, etc.
    • As a freshman at U.N.M., she’d had a work-study job as a bookshelver at the medical library—the worst job she’d ever had. It was the terminal quiet that had bugged her; trying to shelve books extra-quietly so as not to disturb anyone’s studying.1995, A[aron] A[lbert] Carr, chapter 40, in Eye Killers (American Indian Literature and Critical Studies Series; 13), Norman, Okla.: University of Oklahoma Press, →ISBN, page 182

Forms of bookshelver

pluralbookshelvers

Origin of bookshelver

From book + shelver or bookshelf + -er.

Questions about bookshelver

What does bookshelver mean?
Bookshelver means a person who places or arranges books on shelves in a library, etc.
What part of speech is bookshelver?
Bookshelver is a noun.
What is the plural of bookshelver?
The plural of bookshelver is bookshelvers.

Words near bookshelver in the dictionary

  1. booksful
  2. bookshelf
  3. bookshelf wealth
  4. bookshelve
  5. bookshelved
  6. bookshelver
  7. bookshelvers
  8. bookshelves
  9. bookshelving
  10. bookshop
  11. bookshopkeeper

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