Meanings
booker1
plural bookers
- One who makes a reservation.
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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 - One who records transactions, such as reservations.
Booker2
alternative Bucker
- A surname originating as an occupation for either a scribe or bookbinder, or a bleacher of cloth.
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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 - A suburban area in West Wycombe parish, Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Wycombe district (OS SP8391).
- A town in Lipscomb County and Ochiltree County, Texas, United States.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Englishbōcere“scribe”
- Middle Englishbokere
- 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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Cite this entry
booker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/booker
“booker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/booker. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “booker,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/booker.
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