The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bookman \Book"man\, n.; pl. Bookmen. A studious man; a scholar. --Shak. [1913 Webster]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
bookman n 1: a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines [syn: scholar, scholarly person, bookman, student]