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noun, plural booths

[boothz, booths] .

a stall, compartment, or light structure for the sale of goods or for display purposes, as at a market, exhibition, or fair.

a small compartment or boxlike room for a specific use by one occupant: a telephone booth; a projection booth.

a small, temporary structure used by voters at elections.

a partly enclosed compartment or partitioned area, as in a restaurant or music store, equipped for a specific use by one or more persons.

a temporary structure of any material, as boughs, canvas, or boards, used especially for shelter; shed.

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Origin:
1150–1200; Middle English bōthe < Old Norse būth (compare Old Danish bōth booth); cognate with German Bude

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noun

Bal·ling·ton

[bal-ing-tuhn] , 1859–1940, founder of the Volunteers of America 1896 (son of William Booth).

Edwin Thomas, 1833–93, U.S. actor (brother of John Wilkes Booth).

Evangeline Co·ry

[kawr-ee, kohr-ee] , 1865?–1950, general of the Salvation Army 1934–39 (daughter of William Booth).

John Wilkes, 1838–65, U.S. actor: assassin of abraham lincoln (brother of Edwin Thomas Booth).

Junius Brutus, 1796–1852, English actor (father of Edwin and John Booth).

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William (“General Booth”), 1829–1912, English religious leader: founder of the Salvation Army 1865.

William Bram·well

[bram-wel, -wuhl] , 1856–1929, general of the Salvation Army (son of William Booth).

a male given name.

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booth (buːð, buːθ)

—n , pl booths
1.	a stall for the display or sale of goods, esp a temporary one at a fair or market
2.	a small enclosed or partially enclosed room or cubicle, such as one containing a telephone (telephone booth) or one in which a person casts his or her vote at an election (polling booth)
3.	two long high-backed benches with a long table between, used esp in bars and inexpensive restaurants
4.	(formerly) a temporary structure for shelter, dwelling, storage, etc

[C12: of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse buth, Swedish, Danish bod shop, stall; see bower¹]

Booth (buːð)

—n
1.	Edwin Thomas, son of Junius Brutus Booth. 1833--93, US actor
2.	John Wilkes, son of Junius Brutus Booth. 1838--65, US actor; assassin of Abraham Lincoln
3.	Junius Brutus (ˈdʒuːnɪəs ˈbruːtəs). 1796--1852, US actor, born in England
4.	William. 1829--1912, British religious leader; founder and first general of the Salvation Army (1878)

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Word Origin & History

booth

mid-12c., from O.Dan. boþ "temporary dwelling," from E.Norse *boa "to dwell," from P.Gmc. *bowan-, from PIE base *bheue- "to be, exist, grow" (see be). See also bound (adj.2). Cf. Ger. Bude "booth, stall," M.Du. boode, Lith. butas "house," O.Ir

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both "hut," Boh. bouda, Pol. buda, some probably borrowed from E.Norse, some formed from the PIE root.

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Bible Dictionary

Booth definition

a hut made of the branches of a tree. In such tabernacles Jacob sojourned for a season at a place named from this circumstance Succoth (Gen. 33:17). Booths were erected also at the feast of Tabernacles (q.v.), Lev. 23:42, 43, which commemorated the abode of the Israelites in the wilderness.

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