bookwright

Noun

1. A maker or writer of books; an author.
   • This is truly to be Carnifex papiri, A murderer of paper, as [Matthias Flacius] Illyricus cõmonly calleth the Zuinglians. this is in deede to be Miſerabilis librifex, A miſerable bookevvright, as [Martin] Luther...
   • Where the personal feelings were not engaged, it was also an agreeable pastime to follow his destructive feats; see him annihilate a poetaster, or insinuate away the pretensions of a book-wright. - 1853, Henry Theodore...
   • But their punishment is a singular one. They wished to pass for men of the world, and not for vulgar bookwrights. We are obliged to regard them as bookwrights simply, and not as men at all. There is one exception. -...