Word Study
bookmaker
CIDE DICTIONARY
bookmaker, n.
- One who writes and publishes books; especially, one who gathers his materials from other books; a compiler. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
bookmaker, n. a person who takes bets, esp. on horse-races, calculates odds, and pays out winnings.
Derivative
bookmaking n.
THESAURUS
bookmaker
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