bookbinder

[ book-bahyn-der ]

noun
  1. a person or company whose business or work is the binding of books.

Origin of bookbinder

1
1300–50; Middle English bok-bindere; see book, binder

Words Nearby bookbinder

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How to use bookbinder in a sentence

  • A protecting covering of bookbinder's paper is placed over the winding and the completed ring given a coat of shellac.

  • As the brewer looks down on the baker, so the bookbinder looked down on the blacksmith.

    There and Back | George MacDonald
  • Soon after his visit to Mortgrange, the young bookbinder went home, recalled at last by his parents.

    There and Back | George MacDonald

British Dictionary definitions for bookbinder

bookbinder

/ (ˈbʊkˌbaɪndə) /


noun
  1. a person whose business or craft is binding books

Derived forms of bookbinder

  • bookbinding, noun

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