[booth] 
[booth
z, 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. |
[booth; Brit. booth] | 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. |
| booth (bōōth) n. pl. booths (bōōthz, bōōths)
[Middle English bothe, of Scandinavian origin; see bheuə- in Indo-European roots.] |
Booth 1 (bōōth)  (click for larger image in new window) 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. |
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.
