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BANKER
banker
(noun) the person in charge of the bank in a gambling game
banker
(noun) a financier who owns or is an executive in a bank
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
banker (plural bankers)
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.
(obsolete) A money changer.
The dealer, or one who keeps the bank in a gambling house.
The stone bench on which a mason cuts or squares his work.
Hyponyms
• usurer (offering loans, esp. at very high interest); loan shark (independent, offering loans at high interest); saraf (early modern Middle East & India); shroff (early modern India & SE Asia)
Etymology 2
Noun
banker (plural bankers)
A vessel employed in the cod fishery on the banks of Newfoundland.
(UK, dialect) A ditcher; a drain digger.
(mining) A banksman.
Etymology 3
Noun
banker (plural bankers)
(rail, British, 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, helper engine (US)
Anagrams
• barken
Etymology
Noun
Banker (plural Bankers)
A native or resident of the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
A Banker horse, a feral horse from the islands of North Carolina's Outer Banks.
Synonyms
• Outer Banker
Anagrams
• barken
Source: Wiktionary
Bank"er, n.Etym: [See the nouns Bank and the verbs derived from them.]
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. A money changer. [Obs.]
3. The dealer, or one who keeps the bank in a gambling house.
4. A vessel employed in the cod fishery on the banks of Newfoundland. Grabb. J. Q. Adams.
5. A ditcher; a drain digger. [Prov. Eng.]
6. The stone bench on which masons cut or square their work. Weale.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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