bookmaker Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a maker of books; someone who edits or publishes or binds books
  2. noun a gambler who accepts and pays off bets (especially on horse races)
    bookie.

WordNet

Book"mak`er noun
Definitions
  1. One who writes and publishes books; especially, one who gathers his materials from other books; a compiler.
  2. (Horse Racing) A betting man who "makes a book." See To make a book, under Book, n.

Webster 1913