"bookholder" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bookholders [plural]
Etymology: From book + holder. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|book|holder}} book + holder Head templates: {{en-noun}} bookholder (plural bookholders)
  1. A support for a book, holding it open for reading or copying.
    Sense id: en-bookholder-en-noun-8SZDyOlB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 97 3
  2. (obsolete) A prompter at a theatre. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-bookholder-en-noun-4PBEEpDZ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: book-holder

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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