Meanings
nounbookmaker (plural bookmakers)
plural bookmakers
- A person who prints or binds books.
- A person who compiles books from the writings of others.
- gamblingA person (or a business) who calculates odds and accepts bets, especially on horse racing; a bookie.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishbokmakere
- Englishbookmaker
From Middle English bokmakere, boke maker, equivalent to book + maker. The gambling term came from the archaic phrase make book or make a book, used in 19th century England.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مُؤَلِّف, كَتَّاب
- مُؤَلِّف (muʔallif)a person who prints or binds books
- كَتَّاب (kattāb)a person who prints or binds books
- مُرَاهِن (murāhin)a person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie
Chinese Mandarin 賭注登記人 /赌注登记人, 賭博業者 /赌博业者
- 賭注登記人 /赌注登记人 (dǔzhùdēngjìrén)a person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie
- 賭博業者 /赌博业者 (dǔbóyèzhě)a person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie
Esperanto vetperisto
- vetperistoa person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie
Finnish kirjatyöntekijä, vedonvälittäjä
- kirjatyöntekijäa person who prints or binds books
- vedonvälittäjäa person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie
French bookmaker
- bookmakera person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie
German Druckereiarbeiter, Buchmacher
- Druckereiarbeitera person who prints or binds books
- Buchmachera person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie
- Buchmacherina person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie
- Bookmakera person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie
- Bookiea person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie
Greek βιβλιοδέτης, πράκτορας στοιχημάτων
- βιβλιοδέτης (vivliodétis)a person who prints or binds books
- πράκτορας στοιχημάτων (práktoras stoichimáton)a person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie
Hebrew מדפיס, כורך
- מדפיס (madpís)a person who prints or binds books
- כורך (korékh)a person who prints or binds books
Hungarian könyves, bukméker
- könyvesa person who prints or binds books
- bukmékera person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie
Indonesian bandar
- bandara person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie
Italian tipografo, rilegatore
- tipografoa person who prints or binds books
- rilegatorea person who prints or binds books
- bookmakera person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie
- allibratorea person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie
Japanese ブックメーカー, ブッキー
- ブックメーカー (bukkumēkā)a person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie
- ブッキー (bukkī)a person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie
Korean 마권업자, 북메이커
- 마권업자 (magwoneopja)a person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie
- 북메이커 (bungmeikeo)a person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie
- 부키 (buki)a person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie
Polish bukmacher
- bukmachera person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie
Portuguese agenciador de apostas
- agenciador de apostasa person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie
Romanian legător, legătoare
- legătora person who prints or binds books
- legătoarea person who prints or binds books
- book-makera person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie
Russian букме́кер
- букме́кер (bukméker)a person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie
Spanish corredor de apuestas
- corredor de apuestasa person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie
Swedish bookmaker
- bookmakera person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie
Ukrainian букме́кер
- букме́кер (bukméker)a person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie
Cite this entry
APA
bookmaker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bookmaker
MLA
“bookmaker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bookmaker. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bookmaker,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bookmaker.
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