booker

noun

book·​er ˈbu̇-kər 

plural -s

: one that books: such as

a

: one that schedules or secures reservations for a traveler or engagements for a performer

b

: bookmaker

c

: one that removes the stems from tobacco leaves by machine and arranges the half leaves into books

d

: a worker in a rubber-goods factory who puts strips of rubber or rubberized material between layers of cloth to facilitate handling

Word History

First Known Use

1851, in the meaning defined above

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Rhymes for booker

• cooker
• looker
• rooker
• snooker
• onlooker