bookmaker : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: bookmaker	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for bookmaker
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bookmaker n a maker of books; someone who edits or publishes or binds books a gambler who accepts and pays off bets (especially on horse races) Synonym(s): bookmaker, bookie
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bookmaker \Book"mak`er\, n. 1. One who writes and publishes books; especially, one who gathers his materials from other books; a compiler. 2. (Horse Racing) A betting man who [bd]makes a book.[b8] See {To make a book}, under {Book}, n.