boothman noun3 •A projectionist at a movie theater.Two veteran eastern Connecticut boothmen died recently: Irwin Dawley, 55, projectionist at the Stanley Warner Garde, […] — 1958 •(rare) One who mans a booth, such as at a fair or (historically) a Thing.He had seen the boothmen and horse dealers at fairs playing brightly colored cards, and gentlemen at Shea's with their cards, cigars, and brandies. — 2007 •(dialect, no longer used) A corn merchant, especially one in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. formsboothmen