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bookbinder en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈbʊkˌbaɪn.dəɹ/ (US)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. A person whose profession is binding pages together to form books.
   • Places of Employment: About 69,000 bookbinders and bindery workers were employed [in the United States] in 1978. Many worked in shops that specialize in bookbinding; others work in the bindery departments of book printing firms, commercial printing plants, and large libraries. Some bookbinders worked for the Federal Government. Although bookbinders work in all parts of the country, employment is concentrated in large printing centers such as New York City, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, and Philadelphia. […] Training, Other Qualifications, and Advancement: A 4- or 5-year apprenticeship, which includes on-the-job training as well as related classroom instruction, generally is required to qualify as a skilled bookbinder. Apprenticeship applicants usually must have a high school education, mechanical aptitude, and be at least 18 years of age. […] Employment Outlook: Employment of bookbinders and bindery workers is expected to increase more slowly than the average for all occupations through the 1980's. Nevertheless, some job openings will arise as experienced workers retire, die, or change occupations. Despite the anticipated increase in the amount of bound printed materials, employment growth will be limited by the increasing mechanization of bindery operations. Job opportunities are expected to be better for skilled bookbinders than for bindery workers since many tasks that bindery workers used [to] perform by hand will be done by machine. 1980, United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, “Bookbinders and bindery workers”, in Occupational Outlook Handbook (Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics), Bulletin 2075, 1980–1981 edition, United States Government printing office:
   • During his seven-year apprenticeship to a bookbinder, [Michael] Faraday came across a single volume that changed his life: Isaac Watts's The Improvement of the Mind. Now largely forgotten, it was an early self-help book that contained a list of sixteen general rules for the improvement of knowledge. It also contained an overview of books and reading, a guide for study and meditation, tips on improving one's memory, and other suggestions for the betterment of the self. Faraday happened to read it just as he was developing a fascination with science, particularly the then-mysterious field of electricity, and he embraced the book's principles and suggestions. 2017, Bob Berman, Zapped: From Infrared to X-rays, the Curious History of Invisible Light, Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 79:

Forms

Relateds

bookbinding · bookbindery · bindery

Synonyms

binder[Appendix:Glossary · bibliopegist

Translations (48)

zlw-ocs knihař (person whose profession is binding books) · hu könyvkötő (person whose profession is binding books) · de Buchbinder (person whose profession is binding books) · ro legător (person whose profession is binding books) · el βιβλιοδέτης (person whose profession is binding books) · pl introligatorka (person whose profession is binding books) · ru переплётчица (person whose profession is binding books) · ar صَحَّاف (person whose profession is binding books) · la glūtinātōr (person whose profession is binding books) · et raamatuköitja (person whose profession is binding books) · mk книгове́зец (person whose profession is binding books) · la bibliopēgus (person whose profession is binding books) · mk книгоподвезник (person whose profession is binding books) · tl tagabalat-aklat (person whose profession is binding books) · is bókbindari (person whose profession is binding books) · lt knygrišė̃ (person whose profession is binding books) · ug مۇقاۋىچى (person whose profession is binding books) · pt encadernadora (person whose profession is binding books) · sv bokbindare (person whose profession is binding books) · bg книговезец (person whose profession is binding books) · hsb knihiwjazarka (person whose profession is binding books) · de Buchbinderin (person whose profession is binding books) · da bogbinder (person whose profession is binding books) · cs knihař (person whose profession is binding books) · ro legătoare (person whose profession is binding books) · pt encadernador (person whose profession is binding books) · nl boekbinder (person whose profession is binding books) · lt knygrišỹs (person whose profession is binding books) · ca enquadernador (person whose profession is binding books) · pl introligator (person whose profession is binding books) · fr relieuse (person whose profession is binding books) · fi kirjansitoja (person whose profession is binding books) · az cildçi (person whose profession is binding books) · fo bókbindari (person whose profession is binding books) · nn bokbindar (person whose profession is binding books) · ru переплётчик (person whose profession is binding books) · hsb knihiwjazar (person whose profession is binding books) · it legatrice (person whose profession is binding books) · cs knihvazač (person whose profession is binding books) · fr relieur (person whose profession is binding books) · et köitja (person whose profession is binding books) · uk паліту́рник (person whose profession is binding books) · nb bokbinder (person whose profession is binding books) · it legatore (person whose profession is binding books) · uk паліту́рниця (person whose profession is binding books) · cs vazač (person whose profession is binding books) · lv grāmatsējējs (person whose profession is binding books) · es encuadernador (person whose profession is binding books)