Definition of Bookclub

1. Noun. A club that people join in order to buy selected books at reduced prices.

Generic synonyms: Club, Gild, Guild, Lodge, Order, Social Club, Society

Definition of Bookclub

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of book club) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bookclub

bookazines
bookbag
bookbags
bookbinder
bookbinderies
bookbinders
bookbindery
bookbinding
bookbindings
bookbuild
bookbuilds
bookbus
bookbuses
bookcase
bookcases
bookclub (current term)
bookclubs
bookcraft
bookcross
bookcrossed
bookcrosses
bookcrossing
bookdealer
booke
booked
bookend
bookended
bookending
bookends
booker

Literary usage of Bookclub

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1875)
"It owes its origin to a local bookclub, gradually expanding into the present promising proportions. THE National Library of Paris shows an increase of ..."

2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1884)
"Having produced a quantity of oxygen and hydrogen, which were placed in stone bottles, they wore taken to the inn where the bookclub mot. ..."

3. The Elements of Jurisprudence by Thomas Erskine Holland (1917)
"Hudson Railway, 154. Weir v. Bell, 239. Weldon v. Times bookclub, 184. Weldon v. Weldon, 247. Wellock v. Constantino, 379. Wells v. Abrahams, 335. Wells v. ..."

4. Literature Circles: Voice and Choice in Book Clubs and Reading Groups by Harvey Daniels (2002)
"I braced myself for the inevitable story of how the bookclub members scoffed at these mechanical, literature-debasing handouts. "They were fabulous! ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Bookclub on Dictionary.com!Search for Bookclub on Thesaurus.com!Search for Bookclub on Google!Search for Bookclub on Wikipedia!

Search