"readerdom" meaning in All languages combined

See readerdom on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Etymology: From reader + -dom. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|reader|dom}} reader + -dom Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} readerdom (uncountable)
  1. The realm, sphere, influence, or body of readers; readers collectively; readership. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-readerdom-en-noun-f2py7uqm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -dom

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          "ref": "1903, Robert Blatchford, A book about books",
          "text": "In the name of outraged readerdom I protest against such betrayal.",
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          "ref": "1915, Lippincott's monthly magazine, volume 95",
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          "ref": "2007, Nina L. Khrushcheva, Imagining Nabokov",
          "text": "\"[…] He clashes with readerdom because he is his own ideal reader and those other readers are so very often mere lip- moving ghosts and amnesiacs” […]",
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          "ref": "2008, Steven James Hansen, Touching the Monkey",
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