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crou⋅pi⋅er

   [kroo-pee-er, -pee-ey; Fr. kroo-pyey]
–noun, plural -pi⋅ers  [-pee-erz, -pee-eyz; Fr. -pyey] .
1. an attendant in a gambling casino who rakes in money or chips and pays winners at a gaming table.
2. an assistant chairperson at a public dinner.
Origin:
1700–10; < F: lit., one who sits behind another on horseback, equiv. to croupe rump (see croup 2 ) + -ier -ier 2
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Language Translation for : Croupier
Spanish: crupier, German: der Croupier, Japanese: 元締め
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croup⋅y

   [kroo-pee]
–adjective, croup⋅i⋅er, croup⋅i⋅est.
1. pertaining to or resembling croup.
2. affected with croup.
Origin:
1825–35; croup 1 + -y 1
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crou·pi·er     (krōō'pē-ər, -pē-ā')  Pronunciation Key 
n.   An attendant at a gaming table who collects and pays bets.

[French, one who rides behind another on a horse (obsolete), croupier, from croupe, rump, croup, from Old French; see croup2.]
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croupier

noun
someone who collects and pays bets at a gaming table 

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Croupier

Crou"pi*er\ (kr??"p?-?r), n. [F.; prop., one who sits on the croup, and hence, in the second place; an assistant. See 1st Croup.]

1. One who presides at a gaming table and collects the stakes.

2. One who, at a public dinner party, sits at the lower end of the table as assistant chairman.

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