1. a person who binds books professionally; a bookbinder
Usage: formal; specialized

Examples

• The bibliopegist carefully stitched the leather binding onto the antique manuscript.
• She apprenticed under a master bibliopegist to learn the craft of hand bookbinding.
• The museum hired a skilled bibliopegist to restore the damaged 18th-century volumes.
• His work as a bibliopegist earned him recognition among collectors of fine books.
• The bibliopegist used traditional techniques to create custom leather-bound editions.