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bookmaker

/ˈbʊkmeɪkɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.61 in modern English

Syllables
book-mak-er
IPA
/ˈbʊkmeɪkɚ/
21
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who prints or binds books.

noun

A person who compiles books from the writings of others.

noun

A person (or a business) who calculates odds and accepts bets, especially on horse racing; a bookie.

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈbʊkmeɪkɚ/
  • British English: /ˈbʊkmeɪkə/

Inflected Forms

bookmakers (plural)

Phrases

make a book betting shop

Frequently Paired Words

make a book sportsbook betting shop bookbinding

Synonyms

bookie

Questions

How do you pronounce bookmaker?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbʊkmeɪkɚ/.
What does bookmaker mean?
A person who prints or binds books.
Where does bookmaker come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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