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bookbinder

American  
[book-bahyn-der] / ˈbʊkˌbaɪn dər /

noun

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


bookbinder British  
/ ˈbʊkˌbaɪndə /

noun

  1. a person whose business or craft is binding books

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of bookbinder

1300–50; Middle English bok-bindere; see book, binder ( def. )


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Ms. Hoyer, a German-British historian and journalist, chooses as her protagonist not Hitler, a frequent Weimar visitor, but Carl Weirich, a hardworking bookbinder, stationer and diarist.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

The volumes will be dried, sent to a bookbinder and restored before being returned to the shelves.

From BBC ● Dec. 7, 2025

His father, a furniture executive, was also an amateur bookbinder and nourished in his son a love of books.

From New York Times ● Sep. 4, 2022

A former bookbinder, he was classically trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and performed in theatre before his big film break came in the form of "The Lord of Rings."

From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2022

A pair of scissors for a tailor, a gold lamb for a wool weaver, a basin for a barber, a painted wooden book for a bookbinder, a large swinging compass for an instrument- maker.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes

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