booker
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- noun
- /ˈbʊkər/
- Jargon
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agente de reservas
- As a booker, she liaises with various artists to schedule their performances.
- a talent booker
- producers and bookers
But he said, I hired, I hired Paula Davis to, to be the Booker.
- But he said, I hired, I hired Paula Davis to, to be the Booker.
- And CNN, they, they had four bookers or producers for everyone that we had.
- I think he goes, I was the Booker from one of the casinos in Vegas and he goes, I got to tell you, you might have a career as a stand up comic.
- There's no club owner or Booker who who has any particularly deep insight.
Examples
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You guys need to work on ingratiating yourselves into your city's rock scene and getting on the radar of the people that make things happen within it—bookers, club staff, other bands.
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Took a meeting with a big TV booker without me.
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You know why that TV booker picked you in the first place?
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I'm the show-booker from Live With Murray Franklin.
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The booker complained that Dizzy's music was too fast and convoluted for normal people to follow.
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The Shaw Agency's the best booker on the Chitlin' Circuit, that's my opinion.
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After doing a set in Los Angeles at The Improv, he was approached by Jim McAuliffe, the talent booker for The Tonight Show, and was asked to come on the show.
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Don't miss the Jazz Jam hosted by long-time Ortlieb's owner and booker Pete Souders.
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The booker organized a spectacular lineup for the upcoming music festival.
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During the meeting, the booker discussed potential appearances for the comedians.
Synonyms
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A person or company that arranges performances for people like musicians and actors
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Booker comes from the verb book, which once meant 'to write a name in a book' and later 'to reserve a time'. So a booker is the person who writes artists into a schedule and arranges their performances.