Booker
name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 One who makes a reservation.
"With independent movie theaters closing and larger conglomerates taking over smaller conglomerates, many people were worried that Boston may have seen the end of the small, alternative film festival. But this year USA Cinemas, and the premiere booker George Mansour, have done it again with the fourth annual Gay and Lesbian Film Festival."
- 2 someone who engages a person or company for performances wordnet
- 3 One who records transactions, such as reservations.
- 4 A scholar; a scribe. obsolete
"What Booker doth prognosticate Concerning Kings or Kingdoms State […]"
- 1 A surname originating as an occupation for either a scribe or bookbinder, or a bleacher of cloth.
"U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) led Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) to send a letter to President Biden, Attorney General Merrick Garland, and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra, following up on previous requests that the administration use its authority to deschedule cannabis and pardon non-violent cannabis-related offenders."
- 2 A suburban area in West Wycombe parish, Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Wycombe district (OS SP8391).
- 3 A town in Lipscomb County and Ochiltree County, Texas, United States.
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More examples"A panel of judges rebelled against the rules of a prestigious literary award by naming both Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo the winners of the 2019 Booker Prize in London."
Etymology
From Middle English bokere, from Old English bōcere (“scribe”), equivalent to book + -er. Modern sense influenced by the verb to book.
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