bookholder

== English == === Etymology === From book +‎ holder. === Noun === bookholder (plural bookholders) A support for a book, holding it open for reading or copying. Someone who holds a book. (obsolete) A prompter at a theatre. ==== Alternative forms ==== book-holder === References === “bookholder”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.