• Handbook

    Origin

    1814, from hand + book, or perhaps a reintroduction of Old English handbōc "handbook", or a loan-translation of German Handbuch

    "handbook". Compare Dutch handboek, Danish håndbog, Swedish handbok.

    Noun

    handbook

    (plural handbooks)
    1. A topically organized book of reference on a certain field of knowledge, disregarding the size of it.

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