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bookbinder

name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • US: /ˈbʊkˌbaɪn.dəɹ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: B UH1 K B AY2 N D ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A person whose profession is binding pages together to form books.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: binder[Appendix:Glossary, bibliopegist

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a worker whose trade is binding books

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: craftsman, artisan, journeyman, artificer

History

Etymology

From Middle English bokebynder, bok-bindere, equivalent to book + binder.

Across languages

Translations

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: صَحَّاف (ṣaḥḥāf) — person whose profession is binding books
  • Azerbaijani: cildçi — person whose profession is binding books
  • Bulgarian: книговезец (knigovezec) — person whose profession is binding books
  • Catalan: enquadernador — person whose profession is binding books
  • Czech: knihař — person whose profession is binding books
  • Czech: knihvazač — person whose profession is binding books
  • Czech: vazač — person whose profession is binding books
  • Old Czech: knihař — person whose profession is binding books
  • Danish: bogbinder — person whose profession is binding books
  • Dutch: boekbinder — person whose profession is binding books
  • Estonian: raamatuköitja — person whose profession is binding books
  • Estonian: köitja — person whose profession is binding books
  • Faroese: bókbindari — person whose profession is binding books
  • Finnish: kirjansitoja — person whose profession is binding books
  • French: relieur — person whose profession is binding books
  • French: relieuse — person whose profession is binding books
  • German: Buchbinder — person whose profession is binding books
  • German: Buchbinderin — person whose profession is binding books
  • Greek: βιβλιοδέτης (vivliodétis) — person whose profession is binding books
  • Hungarian: könyvkötő — person whose profession is binding books
  • Icelandic: bókbindari — person whose profession is binding books
  • Italian: legatore — person whose profession is binding books
  • Italian: legatrice — person whose profession is binding books
  • Latin: glūtinātōr — person whose profession is binding books
  • Latin: bibliopēgus — person whose profession is binding books
  • Latvian: grāmatsējējs — person whose profession is binding books
  • Lithuanian: knygrišỹs — person whose profession is binding books
  • Lithuanian: knygrišė̃ — person whose profession is binding books
  • Macedonian: книгове́зец (knigovézec) — person whose profession is binding books
  • Macedonian: книгоподвезник (knigopodveznik) — person whose profession is binding books
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bokbinder — person whose profession is binding books
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bokbindar — person whose profession is binding books
  • Polish: introligator — person whose profession is binding books
  • Polish: introligatorka — person whose profession is binding books
  • Portuguese: encadernador — person whose profession is binding books
  • Portuguese: encadernadora — person whose profession is binding books
  • Romanian: legător — person whose profession is binding books
  • Romanian: legătoare — person whose profession is binding books
  • Russian: переплётчик (perepljótčik) — person whose profession is binding books
  • Russian: переплётчица (perepljótčica) — person whose profession is binding books
  • Upper Sorbian: knihiwjazar — person whose profession is binding books
  • Upper Sorbian: knihiwjazarka — person whose profession is binding books
  • Spanish: encuadernador — person whose profession is binding books
  • Swedish: bokbindare — person whose profession is binding books
  • Tagalog: tagabalat-aklat — person whose profession is binding books
  • Ukrainian: паліту́рник (palitúrnyk) — person whose profession is binding books
  • Ukrainian: паліту́рниця (palitúrnycja) — person whose profession is binding books
  • Uyghur: مۇقاۋىچى (muqawichi) — person whose profession is binding books
Real reading context

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