booker

book·er

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [boo k-er]
- /ˈbʊk ər/
- /ˈbʊkə(r)/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [boo k-er]
- /ˈbʊk ər/

Definitions of booker word

noun booker a person who hires performers or performance companies 3
noun booker a bookkeeper 3
noun booker a handwritten or printed work of fiction or nonfiction, usually on sheets of paper fastened or bound together within covers. 1
noun booker a work of fiction or nonfiction in an electronic format: Your child can listen to or read the book online. See also e-book (def 1). 1
noun booker a number of sheets of blank or ruled paper bound together for writing, recording business transactions, etc. 1
noun booker a division of a literary work, especially one of the larger divisions. 1

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Origin of booker

First appearance:

before 900

One of the 4% oldest English words

before 900; Middle English, Old English bōc; cognate with Dutch boek, Old Norse bōk, German Buch; akin to Gothic boka letter (of the alphabet) and not of known relation to beech, as is often assumed

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Parts of speech for Booker

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Booker

booker popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

booker usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for booker

noun booker

concierge — (Britain) One who attends to the maintenance of a building and provides services to its tenants and visitors.

Just one Synonym for booker