boothman

Meaning

Noun

• One who mans a booth, such as at a fair or (historically) a Thing.
• A corn merchant, especially one in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
• A projectionist at a movie theater.

Origin

• From booth + -man. Cognate with Scots buthman ("a shop-keeper"). In some cases, such as translations of Norse sagas, use of the word (to mean "one who mans a booth") was probably reinforced by the cognate Old Norse búðarmaðr (Icelandic búðarmaður).