Definition of "oddsmaker" []

• One who calculates and sets betting odds based on the prediction of the result of a contest such as a horserace or an election. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "And by the way, let's keep in mind that the "oddsmaker" who wrote about Romney's membership in "The Church of the Latter-day Saints" (always suspect a would-be pundit who can't get right the name of the church he's writing about) is a man named Al Giordano."
• "That one well-read oddsmaker has to take into account far more than just a writer's fame and body of work."
• "British oddsmaker William Hill has installed Emir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani's capital city as a 6-1 underdog in the race for 2020, ahead of only Baku, Azerbaijan, at 8-1."