单词 | booker |
释义 | bookern. a. A writer of books; an author, a scholar. Also: a scribe. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > writer > [noun] > professional writer writereOE bookerOE markerOE scrivein?1208 scrivener1218 scrieverc1425 pen-clerk?c1430 scribe1435 scrivan1511 penman1552 scrivano1581 feather-driver1593 scriptora1600 Khoja1625 quill man1648 conicopoly1680 quill-driver1700 escrivain1744 sirkar1828 penworker1876 society > leisure > the arts > literature > writer or author > [noun] bookerOE writerOE makerc1350 authora1382 inditera1387 pena1398 poetc1400 bookmakera1425 ditera1425 compilera1500 compositor?1533 book writer1565 penner1568 authorizera1579 bookwright1583 scribe1584 epistler1592 penman1592 scriptora1600 composer1603 book-breeder1605 comprisor?1623 volumist1641 scrivenera1660 literatist1660 knight of the quill1692 belletrist1816 scriever1825 creative writer1854 penworker1876 society > communication > writing > writer > [noun] > professional writer > in ancient history scribea1382 booker1575 OE Ælfric Gram. (St. John's Oxf.) 251 Of þissum worde cwædon þa ealdan boceras participium andwerdre tide ens. OE Byrhtferð Enchiridion (Ashm.) (1995) iii. ii. 138 None [read Nonae] sceal habban diptongon, þæt ys twyfeald stæfgefeg, þæs ðe boceras secgað. OE Ælfric Old Test. Summary: Judith (Otho) in B. Assmann Angelsächsische Homilien u. Heiligenleben (1889) 114 Þæt witon boceras, þe þæt leden cunnon, þæt we na ne leogað. a1200 ( Durham (Cambr.) 15 in E. V. K. Dobbie Anglo-Saxon Minor Poems (1942) 27 Is ðer inne midd heom Æðelwold biscop and breoma bocera Beda. c1225 (?OE) Homily: Sicut Oves absque Pastore (Worcester F.174) in J. Hall Select. Early Middle Eng. (1920) I. 1 Ælfric abbod, þe we alquin hoteþ, he was bocare & þe [fif] bec wende. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 16037 Alle. þa bocares wise. 1575 W. Patten Cal. Script. f. 178v Sophereth, Heb...A booker. A penclark. b. In biblical use, or allusion to this: = scribe n.1 1. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > law > Jewish law > interpreter, scribe > [noun] bookerOE writerOE scribec1175 OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xxiv. 371 Þa ceorodon ða sunderhalgan & ða boceras Iudeiscre ðeode. OE Blickling Homilies 85 He mid his sylfes willan to eorþan astag, & her manige setunga & searwa adreag æt Iudeum, æt þæm unlædum bocerum. OE West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) viii. 19 Ða genealæhte him an bocere [L. scriba]. c1175 ( Ælfric Homily (Bodl. 343) in S. Irvine Old Eng. Homilies (1993) 24 Ða Iudeisce boceræs bifrynnon hine hwilon: Sæge us, we biddæþ, on hwæs mihte ðu wurcæst þas syllice wundræ? 2. A person who keeps records, esp. in a book; a bookkeeper. Now rare.In quot. 1863: spec. an informer who records details of passengers. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > written record > compiler or keeper of written records > [noun] breverc1475 recorder?1530 noter1589 record-keeper1627 booker1669 notator1830 calendarer1864 society > communication > information > informing on or against > [noun] > informer wrayerc1000 wrobberc1300 discoverera1400 denunciator1474 informer1503 denouncer1533 detector1541 delatora1572 sycophant1579 inquisitor1580 scout1585 finger man1596 emphanista1631 quadruplator1632 informant1645 eastee-man1681 whiddler1699 runner1724 stag1725 snitch1785 qui tam1788 squeak1795 split1819 clype1825 telegraph1825 snitcher1827 Jack Nasty1837 pigeon1847 booker1863 squealer1865 pig1874 rounder1884 sneak1886 mouse1890 finger1899 fizgig1902 screamer1902 squeaker1903 canary1912 shopper1924 narker1932 snurge1933 cheese eater1935 singer1935 tip-off1941 top-off1941 tout1959 rat fink1961 whistle-blower1970 society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > [noun] > keeper of accounts > book-keeper breverc1475 bookkeeper1555 booker1883 ledger-clerk1887 1669 in W. Muir Gleanings Rec. Dysart (1862) 79 The booker did mistak himself and took the one for the other. 1840 Hand-bk. Trade & Commerce 47 The sending of a parcel by a different coach from that directed by the booker..is a misfeazance. 1863 All Year Round 11 July 472/2 Persons technically known as ‘bookers’, who were, in fact, spies, travelling in the omnibus, and yielding to the company an account of every passenger. 1883 J. Y. Stratton Hops & Hop-pickers 31 All being carefully entered in the account kept by the booker. 1921 Oil & Gas News 20 Jan. 38/1 For the past five years the oil sales departments have been chiefly necessary as bookers of orders. 3. a. A person who or business which makes travel arrangements for people, or makes bookings for any product or service. Usually with modifying word specifying what is being arranged.Frequently derogatory in early use, denoting agents for railway or shipping companies who issued tickets or passes which were greatly overpriced or invalid; cf. runner n.1 2f. ΚΠ 1851 N.-Y. Daily Times 2 Dec. 1/3 The following table shows the number of Licenses issued from the Mayor's Office..Emigrant Bookers..5. 1859 Documents Assembly State of N.Y. II. 146 The prices paid a week to ‘bookers’ (I will use the mild phrase and not a harsh one, as there are two words for bookers,..‘runner’ and..‘booker’). 1870 Irish Times 21 Mar. 4/5 No less than £650,000 was handed over to promoters and persons engaged in what is called the floatation of the company.... The bookers received each between £2,000 and £3,000. 1967 Broadcasting 16 Oct. 98/2 Every decision to make a trip ought to be weighed against the stockpile of cases awaiting action. According to that criterion, the travel booker at the FCC should have more time for other duties. 1983 R. W. Bly & G. Blake Dream Jobs 213 In addition to being babysitter, trip planner, and ticket booker, the travel agent must remind international travelers about passports, visas, [etc.]. 2012 Business Trav. News 14 May 36/3 Many corporate travel buyers use specialist hotel bookers or agencies' booking departments. b. A person who reserves a holiday or a ticket to travel; frequently in early booker, late booker. Also: a person who books a table in a restaurant, a room in a hotel, a seat in a theatre, etc. ΚΠ 1898 C.T.C. Gaz. Mar. 95/1 The indignation of the waiting string of would-be bookers chafing to see their train depart without them. 1900 School Jrnl. 12 May 520/2 The steamship companies began early in winter to urge upon intending travelers the need of early bookers for berths and tickets. 1976 Computerworld 20 Sept. 13/2 The choice as to which passengers are to be bumped is not restricted to the late bookers, but can be anyone. 1999 New Yorker 5 July 69/1 Nordic Pleasurelines sent bags like these to every booker of its cruises. 2003 A. Maxted Behaving Like Adults 278 Nick wasn't a booker. He didn't book restaurants, theater, cinema, even holidays. It was always ‘Let's turn up at the last minute and see.’ 2009 Wall St. Jrnl. 19 May d6/2 (table) Don't be afraid to book [a vacation] late this year. In the past, the early booker typically got the best deal. c. A person who or a business which acts on behalf of a performer or celebrity, arranging engagements or appearances; (also) a person who engages a performer or act for a theatre, club, television show, etc.; a booking agent. ΚΠ 1935 Tempo Sept. 1/1 Any booker who is caught in a deal that violates union laws is supposed to be put on the ‘unfair list’, meaning that union musicians are barred from working for him. 1969 Rolling Stone 28 June 30/1 No doubt the desirability of..the band will increase. At the moment..bookers are a little unsure of what to expect from the group. 1987 P. McCabe Bad News at Black Rock ix. 171 The need to get guests was hammered into the bookers. 1998 Making Music Apr. 7/1 Many bookers and bars are encouraging the tribute trend by hiring umpteen soundalike karaoke-bands to entertain their punters. 2003 L. Lokko Sundowners (2004) l. 400 Her booker kept sending her on wild-goose chases: she'd turn up at assignments and be sent back again, not quite what they were looking for. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.OE |
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