Banker meaning

băng'kər
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.
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The definition of a banker is any person who works in the banking industry.

An example of a banker is a finance professional who deals with personal stock transactions.

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One serving as an officer or owner of a bank.
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The player in charge of the bank in some gambling games.
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One engaged in cod fishing off Newfoundland.
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A workbench used by a mason or sculptor.
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A person who owns or manages a bank.
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The person in charge of the bank in some gambling games.
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A person or boat engaged in cod fishing on the Newfoundland banks.
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The workbench of a bricklayer, mason, or sculptor.
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The dealer, or one who keeps the bank in a gambling house.
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The stone bench on which a mason cuts or squares his work.

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A vessel employed in the cod fishery on the banks of Newfoundland.
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(UK, dialect) A ditcher; a drain digger.

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(rail transport, UK, Australia) A railway locomotive that can be attached to the rear of a train to assist it in climbing an incline.
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Origin of banker

From bank (An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea) + -er

Sentence Examples

  • Barnes, a banker whose name the institution bears.

  • On his return to Paris he had become acquainted with Etienne Claviere, the Genevese exile, and a banker named Panchaud.

  • Laymen also belonged to it, like Hermann of Fritzlar and Rulman Merswin, the rich banker of Strassburg (author of a mystical work, Buck der neon Felsen, on the nine rocks or upwards steps of contemplation).

  • It remained a ruin until 1874, when it was purchased by a wealthy banker, M.

  • Payment through a banker or by written draft against deposit was frequent.

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