booker

What it means

1. One who makes a reservation.

   1 more example

   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.

   1988 May 7, Michael Bronski, “Out Of The Celluloid Closet”, in Gay Community News, page 7

2. One who records transactions, such as reservations.
3. obsoleteA scholar; a scribe.

   What Booker doth prognosticate Concerning Kings or Kingdoms State […]

   1711, Martin Parker, William Wagstaffe (M.D.), The king enjoyes his own again

In a sentence

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.

1988 May 7, Michael Bronski, “Out Of The Celluloid Closet”, in Gay Community News, page 7

Where it comes from

1. Old Englishbōcere“scribe”
2. Middle Englishbokere
3. Englishbooker

From Middle English bokere, from Old English bōcere (“scribe”), equivalent to book + -er. Modern sense influenced by the verb to book.