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banker1 definition

banker (baŋk′ər)

noun

  1. a person who owns or manages a bank
  2. the person in charge of the bank in some gambling games

Etymology: < bank, by analogy with Fr banquier

banker2 definition

banker (baŋk′ər)

noun

a person or boat engaged in cod fishing on the Newfoundland banks

Etymology: < bank

banker3 definition

banker (baŋk′ər)

noun

the workbench of a bricklayer, mason, or sculptor

Etymology: bank, in obs. sense “bench” + -er

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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