booker

CEFRC1

/bˈʊkər/

noun

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At 79, Atwood is the oldest to win a Booker.
The Booker is awarded to the best English-language novel published in Britain and Ireland.

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Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

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What Booker doth prognosticate Concerning Kings or Kingdoms State […]
1711, Martin Parker, William Wagstaffe (M.D.), The king enjoyes his own again
With independent movie theaters closing and larger conglomerates taking over smaller conglomerates, many people were worried that Boston may have seen the end of the small, alternative film festival. But this year USA Cinemas, and the premiere booker George Mansour, have done it again with the fourth annual Gay and Lesbian Film Festival.
1988 May 7, Michael Bronski, “Out Of The Celluloid Closet”, in Gay Community News, page 7

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From Middle English bokere, from Old English bōcere (“scribe”), equivalent to book + -er. Modern sense influenced by the verb to book.