banker
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
bank + -er, after French banquier.
NounEdit
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.
- (obsolete) A money changer.
- The dealer, or one who keeps the bank in a gambling house.
- The stone bench on which a mason cuts or squares his work.
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Derived termsEdit
Terms derived from banker
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
one who conducts the business of banking
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money changer
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dealer
stone bench
Etymology 2Edit
From bank (“an elevation, or rising ground”) + + -er
NounEdit
banker (plural bankers)
- A vessel employed in the cod fishery on the banks of Newfoundland.
- (Britain, dialect) A ditcher; a drain digger.
- 1941, Ernestine Hill, My Love Must Wait, A&R Classics 2013, p. 6:
- But this was no storm, the bankers could have told him. It was break of the year.
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- 1941, Ernestine Hill, My Love Must Wait, A&R Classics 2013, p. 6:
- (mining) A banksman.
TranslationsEdit
vessel
ditcher
Etymology 3Edit
From bank (“an incline or hill”) + -er.
NounEdit
banker (plural bankers)
- (rail transport, Britain, Australia) A railway locomotive that can be attached to the rear of a train to assist it in climbing an incline.
SynonymsEdit
- (railway locomotive): bank engine (UK), helper engine (US)
TranslationsEdit
railway locomotive
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AnagramsEdit
DanishEdit
LadinoEdit
Norwegian BokmålEdit
NounEdit
banker m pl
- indefinite plural of bank.
- indefinite plural of banke
VerbEdit
banker
- present tense of banke