bookmaker

bookmaker
    n 1: a maker of books; someone who edits or publishes or binds
         books
    2: a gambler who accepts and pays off bets (especially on horse
       races) [syn: {bookmaker}, {bookie}]
    

Bookmaker \Book"mak`er\, n.
   1. One who writes and publishes books; especially, one who
      gathers his materials from other books; a compiler.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Horse Racing) A betting man who "makes a book." See {To
      make a book}, under {Book}, n.
      [1913 Webster]
    

54 Moby Thesaurus words for "bookmaker":
      bagman, bibliognost, bibliographer, biblioklept, bibliolater,
      bibliomane, bibliomaniac, bibliopegist, bibliophage, bibliophile,
      bibliopole, bibliopolist, bibliotaph, bibliothec, bibliothecaire,
      bibliothecary, book agent, book collector, book printer,
      book publisher, book salesman, book-stealer, bookbinder,
      bookdealer, bookie, booklover, bookman, bookseller, bookworm,
      cataloger, chief librarian, college editor, copy editor, curator,
      dictionary editor, editor, editor-in-chief, executive editor,
      juvenile editor, layer, librarian, library director,
      managing editor, numbers runner, permissions editor, philobiblist,
      printer, production editor, publisher, reference editor,
      reference librarian, runner, textbook editor, trade editor