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bookmarker

bookmarker

2.4
An object you put between pages to mark where you left off
  • noun
  • /ˈbʊkˌmɑrkər/
translation icon : marcador
  • I used a colorful bookmarker to keep track of my place in the novel.

Examples

  • After reading several chapters, I placed the bookmarker in the middle of the book.

  • I made you a bookmarker and put it in that book on Christmas.

    Sling Blade (1996)

  • Bookmarker.

    Howards End (1992)

  • She found a beautiful bookmarker made of leather in her favorite bookstore.

Synonyms

bookmark
vsbookmarker
13 1.2

A thin piece of paper or ribbon placed between the pages of a book to mark where you stopped

has the same meaning but uses a different word form

How Durable

bookmarker
2.4
piece of paper
180 1.0

Surface Forms

bookmarker singular
bookmarkers plural

Morphology

bookmarker = bookmark (transparent) = book + mark + er

The word is transparently formed as an -er noun from bookmark, referring to something used to mark a reader's place.

Etymology

Bookmarker comes from the simple combination of book and marker, where marker is from the idea 'to mark' meaning 'to show a place'. So a bookmarker is exactly something that 'marks' the page where you stopped reading, like a small flag between the pages.