bibliopegist

noun

Definition of bibliopegistnext
as in bookbinder

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  1. bookbinder
  2. bookseller
Noun
  • In 1819 a new binding for the manuscript was made by a Swedish bookbinder.
    — Laura Payne, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The Valentine block stamping and printing workshop will be led by Nicki Fortunati-Warren, a multidisciplinary artist and bookbinder born in Italy and based in the Chicago area.
    — Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2026
Definition of bookbinder
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  • My husband, a bookseller, often notes that most books are bad, and this may be doubly true for children’s books, whose brevity leads foolhardy would-be authors to underestimate the difficulty of their task.
    — Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The untitled project got far enough in Hyperion’s pipeline to be assigned an ISBN and listed in bookseller databases as a 384-page hardcover.
    — Andy Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of bookseller
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“Bibliopegist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bibliopegist. Accessed 8 Nov. 2026.

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