banker
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
bank + -er, after French banquier.
Noun edit
banker (plural bankers)
- One who conducts the business of banking; one who, individually, or as a member of a company, keeps an establishment for the deposit or loan of money, or for traffic in money, bills of exchange, etc.
- 185?, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit
- I have a good banker in this city, but I would not wish to draw upon the house until the time when I shall draw for a round sum.
- 185?, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit
- The dealer in a casino, or one who keeps the bank in a banking game.
- (obsolete) A money changer.
- The stone bench on which a mason cuts or squares his work.[1]
Hyponyms edit
- usurer (offering loans, esp. at very high interest); loan shark (independent, offering loans at high interest); saraf (early modern Middle East & India); shroff (early modern India & SE Asia)
Derived terms edit
- bankerage
- bankeress
- bankerish
- banker lamp, banker's lamp
- bankerly
- banker's acceptance
- banker's card
- banker's cheque
- banker's dozen
- banker's draft
- banker's envelope
- bankership
- bankers' hours
- banker's lien
- banker's order
- bankers' rounding
- city banker
- investment banker
- merchant banker
- private investment banker
- shadow banker
- zombie banker
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
Translations edit
one who conducts the business of banking
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money changer
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dealer
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stone bench
Etymology 2 edit
From bank (“an elevation, or rising ground”) + -er (relational noun suffix) or + -er (occupational suffix).
Noun edit
banker (plural bankers)
- A vessel employed in the cod fishery on the banks of Newfoundland.
- May 20 1815, John Quincy Adams, letter to a merchant
- I think the 584 Bankers may be put down 36,540 tons, navigated by 4,627 men and boys
- May 20 1815, John Quincy Adams, letter to a merchant
- (UK, dialect) A ditcher; a drain digger.
- 1941, Ernestine Hill, My Love Must Wait, A&R Classics, published 2013, page 6:
- But this was no storm, the bankers could have told him. It was break of the year.
- (mining) A banksman.
Translations edit
vessel
ditcher
Etymology 3 edit
From bank (“an incline or hill”) + -er.
Noun edit
banker (plural bankers)
- (rail transport, British, Australia) A railway locomotive that can be attached to the rear of a train to assist it in climbing an incline.
- 1944 January and February, W. McGowan Gradon, “Forres as a Railway Centre”, in Railway Magazine, page 23:
- Between them these engines work passenger trains on the Keith line, and also act as bankers up to Dava when required.
- 1960 May, “Motive Power Miscellany: Southern Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 314:
- Because of a shortage of W.R. pannier tanks, two "E6" 0-6-2 tanks, Nos. 32410/5, were engaged as bankers on the Folkestone Harbour branch at the beginning of March; [...].
Synonyms edit
- (railway locomotive): bank engine, banking engine (UK), helper, helper engine (US)
Translations edit
railway locomotive
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References edit
- ^ 1849-1850, John Weale, Rudimentary Dictionary of Terms used in Architecture, Building, and Engineering
Anagrams edit
Danish edit
Noun edit
banker c pl
- indefinite plural of bank
Verb edit
banker
Ladino edit
Noun edit
banker m (Latin spelling)
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
banker m (definite singular bankeren, indefinite plural bankere, definite plural bankerne)
- a beater (implement used for beating)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
banker m pl
- indefinite plural of bank.
- indefinite plural of banke
Etymology 3 edit
Verb edit
banker
References edit
- “banker_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Swedish edit
Noun edit
banker
- indefinite plural of bank
Anagrams edit
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish بانكر (banḱer), from French banquier.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
banker (definite accusative bankeri, plural bankerler)
Declension edit
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Nominative | banker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | bankeri | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | banker | bankerler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | bankeri | bankerleri | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dative | bankere | bankerlere | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | bankerde | bankerlerde | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ablative | bankerden | bankerlerden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | bankerin | bankerlerin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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