bookbinder

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a craftsperson or worker who binds pages into books or repairs book bindings

   The bookbinder resewed the loose pages and fitted the volume with a new leather cover.

From Middle English bokebynder and bok-bindere, equivalent to book + binder. Binder is the agent noun of bind, so the compound literally names a person who fastens a book's leaves together. The occupation is attested in English from the Middle Ages.

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