Booth 2Audio Help (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.
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.
boothAudio Help (bōōth)
n.
pl.booths (bōōthz, bōōths)
A small, often enclosed compartment, usually accommodating only one person: a voting booth.
A small enclosed compartment with a window, used to separate the occupant from others: a ticket booth.
A seating area in a restaurant with a table and seats whose high backs serve as partitions.
A small stall for the display and sale of goods.
[Middle English bothe, of Scandinavian origin; see bheuə- in Indo-European roots.]
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