booker

See also: Booker

English

Etymology

From Middle English bokere, from Old English bōcere (“scribe”), equivalent to book +‎ -er. Modern sense influenced by the verb to book.

Noun

booker (plural bookers)

1. One who makes a reservation.
   • 1988 May 7, Michael Bronski, “Out Of The Celluloid Closet”, in Gay Community News, page 7:

     With independent movie theaters closing and larger conglomerates taking over smaller conglomerates, many people were worried that Boston may have seen the end of the small, alternative film festival. But this year USA Cinemas, and the premiere booker George Mansour, have done it again with the fourth annual Gay and Lesbian Film Festival.

2. One who records transactions, such as reservations. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
3. (obsolete) A scholar; a scribe.
   • 1711, Martin Parker, William Wagstaffe (M.D.), The king enjoyes his own again:

     What Booker doth prognosticate Concerning Kings or Kingdoms State […]

Related terms

• book
• bookie
• booking

Anagrams

• Brooke, brooke, rebook

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English book +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu.ke/

• Audio:

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Verb

booker

1. to book, reserve

Conjugation

Conjugation of booker (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	booker
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	bookant /bu.kɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		booké /bu.ke/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	booke /buk/	bookes /buk/	booke /buk/	bookons /bu.kɔ̃/	bookez /bu.ke/	bookent /buk/
	imperfect	bookais /bu.kɛ/	bookais /bu.kɛ/	bookait /bu.kɛ/	bookions /bu.kjɔ̃/	bookiez /bu.kje/	bookaient /bu.kɛ/
	past historic2	bookai /bu.ke/	bookas /bu.ka/	booka /bu.ka/	bookâmes /bu.kam/	bookâtes /bu.kat/	bookèrent /bu.kɛʁ/
	future	bookerai /bu.kʁe/	bookeras /bu.kʁa/	bookera /bu.kʁa/	bookerons /bu.kʁɔ̃/	bookerez /bu.kʁe/	bookeront /bu.kʁɔ̃/
	conditional	bookerais /bu.kʁɛ/	bookerais /bu.kʁɛ/	bookerait /bu.kʁɛ/	bookerions /bu.kə.ʁjɔ̃/	bookeriez /bu.kə.ʁje/	bookeraient /bu.kʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	booke /buk/	bookes /buk/	booke /buk/	bookions /bu.kjɔ̃/	bookiez /bu.kje/	bookent /buk/
	imperfect2	bookasse /bu.kas/	bookasses /bu.kas/	bookât /bu.ka/	bookassions /bu.ka.sjɔ̃/	bookassiez /bu.ka.sje/	bookassent /bu.kas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	booke /buk/	—	bookons /bu.kɔ̃/	bookez /bu.ke/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• overbooker
• surbooker

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

booker

1. present tense of booke