banker
/ˈbæŋkəː/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.78 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
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.
noun
The dealer in a casino, or one who keeps the bank in a banking game.
Example Sentences
- "I have a good banker in this city, but I would not wish to draw upon the house until the time when I shall draw for a round sum."
- "[T]he new traceries, mullions, transoms, shafts, pinnacles, and battlements standing on the bankers half worked[.]"
- "May 20 1815, John Quincy Adams, letter to a merchant I think the 584 Bankers may be put down 36,540 tons, navigated by 4,627 men and boys"
- "But this was no storm, the bankers could have told him. It was break of the year."
- "When Jose came to Manchester United, two and a half years ago, this was the no-brainer, the banker, the one which couldn't fail. The one who had never failed."
- "Between them these engines work passenger trains on the Keith line, and also act as bankers up to Dava when required."
Etymology
From bank + -er, after French banquier.
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈbæŋkəː/
- British English: /ˈbæŋkəː/
Usage
- Obsolete
- British usage
- Australian usage
- Colloquial
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
banker and broker
banker lamp
banker's lamp
banker's acceptance
banker's card
banker's cheque
banker's dozen
banker's draft