Boothman
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Boothman is a noun meaning A projectionist at a movie theater.
Meaning
A projectionist at a movie theater.
More Meanings
- (rare) One who mans a booth, such as at a fair or (historically) a Thing.
- (archaic or chiefly dialectal) A corn merchant, especially one in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Example Sentences
John Fenwick was apprenticed on 31 May 1612 to Robert Bewick of Newcastle upon Tyne, boothman.
Two veteran eastern Connecticut boothmen died recently: Irwin Dawley, 55, projectionist at the Stanley Warner Garde, […]
He had seen the boothmen and horse dealers at fairs playing brightly colored cards, and gentlemen at Shea's with their cards, cigars, and brandies.
He served his time to a boothman or corn-merchant of Newcastle, and married Elizabeth, daughter of John Stephenson of Newcastle and Knaresdale. Through the death of both of his brothers, he inherited the patrimonial estates […]
Word Forms
- boothmen
Related Words
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