noun
Meaning 1
A person who prints or binds books.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
bookmaker
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbʊkmeɪkə/
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British, Southern, Standard: /ˈbɵkmɛjkə/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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General-American: /ˈbʊkmeɪkɚ/
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/ˈbuːkmeɪkə/ some Northern England, especially Northumbria
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Scotland: /ˈbʉkmekəɾ/
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Northern-Ireland: /ˈbʉkmekəɹ/
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CMU ARPABET: B UH1 K M EY0 K ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A person who compiles books from the writings of others.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A person (or a business) who calculates odds and accepts bets, especially on horse racing; a bookie.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: gambling, games
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noun
Meaning 4
a gambler who accepts and pays off bets (especially on horse races)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bookie
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: gambler
noun
Meaning 5
a maker of books; someone who edits or publishes or binds books
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: maker, shaper
History
Etymology
From Middle English bokmakere, boke maker, equivalent to book + maker. The gambling term came from the archaic phrase make book or make a book, used in 19th century England.
Across languages
Translations
42 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: مُؤَلِّف (muʔallif) — a person who prints or binds books
- Arabic: كَتَّاب (kattāb) — a person who prints or binds books
- Finnish: kirjatyöntekijä — a person who prints or binds books
- German: Druckereiarbeiter — a person who prints or binds books
- Greek: βιβλιοδέτης (vivliodétis) — a person who prints or binds books
- Hebrew: מדפיס (madpís) — a person who prints or binds books
- Hebrew: כורך (korékh) — a person who prints or binds books
- Hungarian: könyves — a person who prints or binds books
- Italian: tipografo — a person who prints or binds books
- Italian: rilegatore — a person who prints or binds books
- Romanian: legător — a person who prints or binds books
- Romanian: legătoare — a person who prints or binds books
- Arabic: مُرَاهِن (murāhin) — a person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie
- Chinese Mandarin: 賭注登記人 /赌注登记人 (dǔzhùdēngjìrén) — a person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie
- Chinese Mandarin: 賭博業者 /赌博业者 (dǔbóyèzhě) — a person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie
- Esperanto: vetperisto — a person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie
- Finnish: vedonvälittäjä — a person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie
- French: bookmaker — a person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie
- Georgian: ბუკმეკერი (buḳmeḳeri) — a person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie
- German: Buchmacher — a person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie
- German: Buchmacherin — a person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie
- German: Bookmaker — a person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie
- German: Bookie — a person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie
- Greek: πράκτορας στοιχημάτων (práktoras stoichimáton) — a person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie
- Hungarian: bukméker — a person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie
- Indonesian: bandar — a person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie
- Italian: bookmaker — a person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie
- Italian: allibratore — a person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie
- Japanese: ブックメーカー (bukkumēkā) — a person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie
- Japanese: ブッキー (bukkī) — a person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie
- Korean: 마권업자 (magwoneopja) — a person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie
- Korean: 북메이커 (bungmeikeo) — a person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie
- Korean: 부키 (buki) — a person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie
- Macedonian: букмејкер (bukmejker) — a person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie
- Marathi: सट्टेबाज (saṭṭebāj) — a person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie
- Polish: bukmacher — a person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie
- Portuguese: agenciador de apostas — a person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie
- Romanian: book-maker — a person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie
- Russian: букме́кер (bukméker) — a person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie
- Spanish: corredor de apuestas — a person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie
- Swedish: bookmaker — a person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie
- Ukrainian: букме́кер (bukméker) — a person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie
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