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