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. |

| 1. | Bal⋅ling⋅ton [bal-ing-tuh n] , 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, -wuh l] , 1856–1929, general of the Salvation Army (son of William Booth). |
| 8. | a male given name. |
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.