Meaning

3 senses

  1. One who makes a reservation.

  2. One who records transactions, such as reservations.

  3. (obsolete)A scholar; a scribe.

More definitions
  • someone who engages a person or company for performances

Examples

3 sentences

  1. At 79, Atwood is the oldest to win a Booker.

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  2. No British authors are on the shortlist for the Booker Prize this year.

    deDieses Jahr stehen keine britischen Schriftsteller in der engeren Auswahl des Booker-Preises.

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  3. The Booker is awarded to the best English-language novel published in Britain and Ireland.

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Origin

From Middle English bokere, from Old English bōcere (“scribe”), equivalent to book + -er.

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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Forms

plural: bookers
Singularbooker
Pluralbookers

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • someone who engages a person or company for performances:booking agent

Word family

3 related words
RelatedbookA1bookingB1bookie

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
boogerbookB1bookcaseA2bookingB1bookishB2bookkeeperbookkeeping
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