banker

See also: Banker and bankéř

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbæŋkə(ɹ)/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈbæŋkɚ/
  • Rhymes: -æŋkə(r)

Etymology 1

bank +‎ -er, after French banquier.

Noun

banker (plural bankers)

  1. 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.
  2. (obsolete) A money changer.
  3. The dealer, or one who keeps the bank in a gambling house.
  4. The stone bench on which a mason cuts or squares his work.
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Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

From bank (“an elevation, or rising ground”) + +‎ -er

Noun

banker (plural bankers)

  1. A vessel employed in the cod fishery on the banks of Newfoundland.
  2. (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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  3. (mining) A banksman.
Translations

Etymology 3

From bank (“an incline or hill”) +‎ -er.

Noun

banker (plural bankers)

  1. (rail transport, Britain, Australia) A railway locomotive that can be attached to the rear of a train to assist it in climbing an incline.
Synonyms
  • (railway locomotive): bank engine (UK), helper engine (US)
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Danish

Noun

banker c pl

  1. indefinite plural of bank

Verb

banker

  1. present tense of banke

Ladino

Noun

banker m (Latin spelling)

  1. banker

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

banker m pl

  1. indefinite plural of bank.
  2. indefinite plural of banke

Verb

banker

  1. present tense of banke

Swedish

Noun

banker

  1. indefinite plural of bank .
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