booker

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US/ˈbʊkəɹ/UK/ˈbʊkə/

noun

One who makes a reservation.

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Meanings

booker1

nounbooker (plural bookers)

plural bookers

  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

Booker2

proper noun

alternative Bucker

  1. A surname originating as an occupation for either a scribe or bookbinder, or a bleacher of cloth.
    1 more example

    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.

    2022 June 7, “Senators Warren, Sanders, Markey, and Gillibrand Urge Administration to Deschedule Cannabis and Pardon Nonviolent Cannabis Offenders”, in warren.senate.gov, archived from the original on 16 Dec 2022
  2. A suburban area in West Wycombe parish, Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Wycombe district (OS SP8391).

Synonyms & antonyms

nounsomeone who engages a person or company for performances

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booking agent
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  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.

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APA

booker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/booker

MLA

“booker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/booker. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “booker,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/booker.

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