Bookstaff

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbÊŠk stɪf/

From Middle English bocstaff ("letter, written character"), from Old English bōcstæf ("letter, written symbol"), equivalent to book + staff. Compare modern Norwegian, Swedish bokstav
Danish bogstav, modern German Buchstabe ("letter").

Alternative forms

• bokstaf
• bookstave

Full definition of bookstaff

Noun

1. (alphabetic, rare) letter, letter of the alphabet, a written character.
• 1932, Seumas O'Sullivan, The Dublin magazine:This is Aleph, says Isaac ; the first bookstaff in the grammatic.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbÊŠk ˈstæf/

book + staff("group of people")

Noun

1. A group of individuals involved in the creation or formation of books.