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[ book-mey-ker ] / ˈbʊkˌmeɪ kər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR bookmaker ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna person who makes a business of accepting the bets of others on the outcome of sports contests, especially of horse races. a person who makes books. Origin of bookmakerFirst recorded in 1375–1425, bookmaker is from the late Middle English word bokmakere.See book, maker OTHER WORDS FROM bookmakerbookmaking, noun, adjectiveWords nearby bookmakerbook list, booklore, booklouse, booklover, book lung, bookmaker, bookman, bookmark, book match, bookmobile, book of account Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for bookmakerBig British bookmaker Coral has suspended betting on Kate announcing she is pregnant again before the end of this month. New Kate Pregnancy Rumors Circulate!|Tom Sykes|July 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST Irish bookmaker Paddy Power funded the trips to the Hermit Kingdom, but stopped after Kim Jong-Un purged his uncle. Dennis Rodman’s Sponsor for North Korea Trips Decides Working With a Homicidal Tyrant Was a Bad Idea|Tom Sykes|January 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST I guess Old Man Curry is the only owner here who ain't doin' business with some bookmaker or other. Old Man Curry|Charles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan But you cannot object to being asked how many minutes of a bookmaker's time is worth two hours of an astronomer's? Preface to Androcles and the Lion|George Bernard Shaw
He has communications with a bookmaker who finds Boulogne a salubrious residence. But Vandeuvres pointed her out a bookmaker, once a shopman in a fancy repository, who had made three million francs in two years. Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille|Emile Zola By return of post came the desired release from the bookmaker, and Mr. Arundel handed it to the boy with a pleasant smile.
British Dictionary definitions for bookmaker
nouna person who as an occupation accepts bets, esp on horseraces, and pays out to winning betters Derived forms of bookmakerbookmaking, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to bookmakerbettor, bookie, backer, speculator, player, crapshooter, cardsharp, shill, dicer, plunger, highroller, risktaker, gambler |