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bank·er
1
/
ˈbæŋ
kər
/
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[
bang
-ker
]
Show IPA
noun
1.
a person employed by a
bank
, especially as an executive or other official.
2.
Games.
the keeper or holder of the
bank
.
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Origin:
1525–35;
<
Middle French
banquier;
see
bank
2
,
-er
2
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bank·er
2
/
ˈbæŋ
kər
/
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[
bang
-ker
]
Show IPA
noun
1.
a vessel employed in cod fishery on the
banks
off Newfoundland.
2.
a fisherman on such a vessel.
3.
Australian.
a river near flood level, the water being almost
bank
high.
Origin:
1660–70;
bank
1
+
-er
1
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bank·er
3
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ˈbæŋ
kər
/
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[
bang
-ker
]
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noun
a bench or table used by masons for dressing stones or bricks.
Origin:
1670–80;
bank
3
+
-er
1
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banker
1
(ˈbæŋkə)
—
n
1.
a person who owns or is an executive in a bank
2.
an official or player in charge of the bank in any of various games, esp gambling games
3.
a result that has been forecast identically in a series of entries on a football pool coupon
4.
a person or thing that appears certain to win or be successful
banker
2
(ˈbæŋkə)
—
n
1.
a fishing vessel of Newfoundland
2.
a fisherman in such a vessel
3.
informal
(
Austral
), (
NZ
) a stream almost overflowing its banks (esp in the phrase
run a banker
)
4.
(
Brit
) Also called:
bank engine
a locomotive that is used to help a heavy train up a steep gradient
banker
3
(ˈbæŋkə)
—
n
1.
a craftsman's workbench
2.
a timber board used as a base for mixing building materials
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
banker
1530s, formed from
bank
(1), possibly modeled on Fr. banquier (16c.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
Yet despite much speechifying from
banker
-bashing politicians, such views do not seem to have taken hold.
Payment through a
banker
or by written draft against deposit was frequent.
Nor, once the crisis struck, was he the only central
banker
to prove handy with
monetary plunger and wrench.
The complete corruption by the
banker
elite has completely co-opted our
government, our system and our liberty.
When a bank or
banker
trades, it's not his neck on the line.
Despite this, he is frequently called the best central
banker
ever.
Mortgage, this was called, a piece of
banker
's cleverness that sounded good to many.
He became a
banker
for a while and then a successful oil-company executive.
Neither characteristic is much sought after in a central
banker
.
Place a call to your friendly investment
banker
, of course.
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