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booth

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–noun, plural booths  [boothz, booths] .
1. a stall, compartment, or light structure for the sale of goods or for display purposes, as at a market, exhibition, or fair.
2. a small compartment or boxlike room for a specific use by one occupant: a telephone booth; a projection booth.
3. a small, temporary structure used by voters at elections.
4. a partly enclosed compartment or partitioned area, as in a restaurant or music store, equipped for a specific use by one or more persons.
5. a temporary structure of any material, as boughs, canvas, or boards, used esp. for shelter; shed.
Origin:
1150–1200; ME bōthe < ON būth (cf. ODan bōth booth); c. G Bude
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Booth

  [booth; Brit. booth]
–noun
1. Bal⋅ling⋅ton  [bal-ing-tuhn] , 1859–1940, founder of the Volunteers of America 1896 (son of William Booth).
2. Edwin Thomas, 1833–93, U.S. actor (brother of John Wilkes Booth).
3. Evangeline Co⋅ry  [kawr-ee, kohr-ee] , 1865?–1950, general of the Salvation Army 1934–39 (daughter of William Booth).
4. John Wilkes, 1838–65, U.S. actor: assassin of Abraham Lincoln (brother of Edwin Thomas Booth).
5. Junius Brutus, 1796–1852, English actor (father of Edwin and John Booth).
6. William (“General Booth”), 1829–1912, English religious leader: founder of the Salvation Army 1865.
7. William Bram⋅well  [bram-wel, -wuhl] , 1856–1929, general of the Salvation Army (son of William Booth).
8. a male given name.
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booth   (bōōth)   
n.   pl. booths (bōōthz, bōōths)
    1. A small, often enclosed compartment, usually accommodating only one person: a voting booth.
    2. A small enclosed compartment with a window, used to separate the occupant from others: a ticket booth.
  2. A seating area in a restaurant with a table and seats whose high backs serve as partitions.
  3. A small stall for the display and sale of goods.

[Middle English bothe, of Scandinavian origin; see bheuə- in Indo-European roots.]
Booth 1   (bōōth)   


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Family of actors, including Junius Brutus (1796-1852), a British-born Shakespearean actor who in 1821 immigrated to the United States, and his sons Edwin Thomas (1833-1893), noted for his portrayal of Hamlet, and John Wilkes (1838-1865), the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln.
Booth 2   (bōōth)   
Family of reformers, including William (1829-1912), a British religious leader who founded the Salvation Army (1878) with his wife, Catherine Mumford Booth (1829-1890), and served as its first general (1896-1912). His children William Bramwell (1856-1929); Ballington (1857-1940), who with his wife, Maud Ballington Booth (1865-1948), founded the Volunteers of America (1896); and Evangeline Cory (1865-1950) were active in the Salvation Army.
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Booth

Booth\ (b[=oo][th]), n. [OE. bothe; cf. Icel. b[=u][eth], Dan. & Sw. bod, MHG. buode, G. bude, baude; from the same root as AS. b[=u]an to dwell, E. boor, bower, be; cf. Bohem. bauda, Pol. buda, Russ. budka, Lith. buda, W. bwth, pl. bythod, Gael. buth, Ir. both.]

1. A house or shed built of boards, boughs, or other slight materials, for temporary occupation. --Camden.

2. A covered stall or temporary structure in a fair or market, or at a polling place.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : booth
Spanish: puesto,
German: die Bude,
Japanese: 屋台店
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booth 
c.1145, from O.Dan. boþ "temporary dwelling," from E. Norse boa "dwell," from P.Gmc. *botho (cf. Ger. Bude, M.Du. boode), from base *bu- "dwell" (cf. Lith. butas "house," O.Ir both "hut").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Booth

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.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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