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Meaning 1
A barangay of Kabasalan, Zamboanga Sibugay, Philippines.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
banker
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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Australian, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbæŋkəː/
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Australian, Received-Pronunciation: [ˈbæŋkəː]
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/ˈbæŋkɚ/ without æ-raising
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[ˈbæŋkɚ] ~ [ˈbæŋkɹ̩] without æ-raising
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/ˈbeɪ̯ŋkɚ/ æ-raising
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rhymes with -æŋkə(ɹ)
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noun
Meaning 2
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
The dealer in a casino, or one who keeps the bank in a banking game.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
A money changer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 5
The stone bench on which a mason cuts or squares his work.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 6
A type of envelope with a diamond shape or V-flap that opens on the long edge.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: stationery
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Synonyms: banker's envelope, invitation envelope
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noun
Meaning 7
A vessel employed in the cod fishery on the banks of Newfoundland.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 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
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noun
Meaning 8
A ditcher; a drain digger.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal
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noun
Meaning 9
Synonym of browman.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, mining
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Synonyms: browman
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noun
Meaning 10
A watercourse filled from bank to bank.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, colloquial
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noun
Meaning 11
A bet that is almost certain to succeed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
Topics: gambling, games
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noun
Meaning 12
A very safe option.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, broadly
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noun
Meaning 13
A railway locomotive that can be attached to the rear of a train to assist it in climbing an incline.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, UK
Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport
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Synonyms: bank engine, banking engine, helper, helper engine
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 14
A native or resident of the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 15
A Banker horse, a feral horse from the islands of North Carolina's Outer Banks.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 16
the person in charge of the bank in a gambling game
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: money handler, money dealer
noun
Meaning 17
a financier who owns or is an executive in a bank
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: financier, moneyman
Narrower terms: teller, cashier, bank clerk, Rothschild
History
Etymology
From bank + -er, after French banquier.
From bank (“an elevation, or rising ground”) + -er (relational noun suffix) or + -er (occupational suffix).
From bank on + -er.
From bank (“an incline or hill”) + -er.
From Bank(s) + -er, from the Outer Banks.
Across languages
Translations
132 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: bankier — one who conducts the business of banking
- Albanian: bankier — one who conducts the business of banking
- Arabic: مَصْرَفِيّ (maṣrafiyy) — one who conducts the business of banking
- Arabic: بَنْكِيّ (bankiyy) — one who conducts the business of banking
- Armenian: բանկիր (bankir) — one who conducts the business of banking
- Azerbaijani: bankir — one who conducts the business of banking
- Belarusian: банкі́р (bankír) — one who conducts the business of banking
- Belarusian: банкі́рка (bankírka) — one who conducts the business of banking
- Bengali: ব্যাংকার (bêṅkar) — one who conducts the business of banking
- Bulgarian: банке́р (bankér) — one who conducts the business of banking
- Bulgarian: банке́рка (bankérka) — one who conducts the business of banking
- Catalan: banquer — one who conducts the business of banking
- Catalan: banquera — one who conducts the business of banking
- Chinese Cantonese: 銀行家 /银行家 (ngan4 hong4 gaa1) — one who conducts the business of banking
- Chinese Mandarin: 銀行家 /银行家 (yínhángjiā) — one who conducts the business of banking
- Czech: bankéř — one who conducts the business of banking
- Czech: bankéřka — one who conducts the business of banking
- Danish: bankier — one who conducts the business of banking
- Dutch: bankier — one who conducts the business of banking
- Esperanto: bankisto — one who conducts the business of banking
- Esperanto: bankistino — one who conducts the business of banking
- Estonian: pankur — one who conducts the business of banking
- Finnish: pankkiiri — one who conducts the business of banking
- French: banquier — one who conducts the business of banking
- French: banquière — one who conducts the business of banking
- Georgian: ბანკირი (banḳiri) — one who conducts the business of banking
- German: Bankier — one who conducts the business of banking
- German: Bankierin — one who conducts the business of banking
- German: Banker — one who conducts the business of banking
- German: Bankerin — one who conducts the business of banking
- Greek: τραπεζίτης (trapezítis) — one who conducts the business of banking
- Ancient Greek: τραπεζῑ́της (trapezī́tēs) — one who conducts the business of banking
- Hebrew: בַּנְקַאי (banka'i) — one who conducts the business of banking
- Hebrew: בנקאית (banka'ít) — one who conducts the business of banking
- Hindi: बैंकर (ba͠ikar) — one who conducts the business of banking
- Hungarian: bankár — one who conducts the business of banking
- Icelandic: bankastarfsmaður — one who conducts the business of banking
- Ido: bankisto — one who conducts the business of banking
- Indonesian: bankir — one who conducts the business of banking
- Irish: baincéir — one who conducts the business of banking
- Italian: banchiere — one who conducts the business of banking
- Italian: banchiero — one who conducts the business of banking
- Italian: banchiera — one who conducts the business of banking
- Japanese: 銀行家 (ginkōka) — one who conducts the business of banking
- Japanese: 銀行員 (ginkōin) — one who conducts the business of banking
- Japanese: 行員 (kōin) — one who conducts the business of banking
- Kazakh: банкир (bankir) — one who conducts the business of banking
- Khmer: ធនាគារិក (thĕəʼniəkiərɨk) — one who conducts the business of banking
- Korean: 은행가 (eunhaengga) — one who conducts the business of banking
- Korean: 은행원 (eunhaeng'won) — one who conducts the business of banking
- Korean: 행원 (haeng'won) — one who conducts the business of banking
- Northern Kurdish: bankkar — one who conducts the business of banking
- Northern Kurdish: ਬੈਂਕਰ (baiṅkar) — one who conducts the business of banking
- Kyrgyz: банкир (bankir) — one who conducts the business of banking
- Lao: ນາຍທະນາຄານ (nāi tha nā khān) — one who conducts the business of banking
- Latin: argentārius — one who conducts the business of banking
- Latvian: baņķieris — one who conducts the business of banking
- Lithuanian: bankininkas — one who conducts the business of banking
- Macedonian: банкар (bankar) — one who conducts the business of banking
- Macedonian: банкарка (bankarka) — one who conducts the business of banking
- Malay: jurubank — one who conducts the business of banking
- Maltese: bankier — one who conducts the business of banking
- Maltese: bankiera — one who conducts the business of banking
- Mongolian: банкны эзэн (bankny ezen) — one who conducts the business of banking
- Norman: bantchi — one who conducts the business of banking
- Norwegian Bokmål: bankier — one who conducts the business of banking
- Norwegian Nynorsk: bankier — one who conducts the business of banking
- Pashto: بانکدار (bānkdār) — one who conducts the business of banking
- Iranian Persian: بانْکْدار (bânkdâr) — one who conducts the business of banking
- Plautdietsch: Bankia — one who conducts the business of banking
- Polish: bankier — one who conducts the business of banking
- Polish: bankierka — one who conducts the business of banking
- Portuguese: banqueiro — one who conducts the business of banking
- Portuguese: banqueira — one who conducts the business of banking
- Romanian: bancher — one who conducts the business of banking
- Romanian: bancheră — one who conducts the business of banking
- Russian: банки́р (bankír) — one who conducts the business of banking
- Russian: банки́рша (bankírša) — one who conducts the business of banking
- Serbo-Croatian: ба̀нка̄р — one who conducts the business of banking
- Serbo-Croatian: банка̀рица — one who conducts the business of banking
- Serbo-Croatian: bànkār — one who conducts the business of banking
- Serbo-Croatian: bankàrica — one who conducts the business of banking
- Slovak: bankár — one who conducts the business of banking
- Slovak: bankárka — one who conducts the business of banking
- Slovene: bančnik — one who conducts the business of banking
- Slovene: bančnica — one who conducts the business of banking
- Spanish: banquero — one who conducts the business of banking
- Spanish: banquera — one who conducts the business of banking
- Swahili: mwanabenki — one who conducts the business of banking
- Swedish: bankir — one who conducts the business of banking
- Tajik: банкир (bankir) — one who conducts the business of banking
- Thai: นายธนาคาร (naai-tá-naa-kaan) — one who conducts the business of banking
- Tibetan: དངུལ་ཁང་བདག་པོ (dngul khang bdag po) — one who conducts the business of banking
- Turkish: bankacı — one who conducts the business of banking
- Turkmen: bankir — one who conducts the business of banking
- Ukrainian: банкі́р (bankír) — one who conducts the business of banking
- Ukrainian: банкі́рка (bankírka) — one who conducts the business of banking
- Urdu: بَین٘کَر (ba͠ikar) — one who conducts the business of banking
- Uyghur: بانكىر (bankir) — one who conducts the business of banking
- Uzbek: bankir — one who conducts the business of banking
- Uzbek: bankchi — one who conducts the business of banking
- Vietnamese: chủ ngân hàng — one who conducts the business of banking
- Vietnamese: chủ nhà băng — one who conducts the business of banking
- Welsh: bancwr — one who conducts the business of banking
- Yiddish: באַנקיר (bankir) — one who conducts the business of banking
- Yiddish: באַנקירער (bankirer) — one who conducts the business of banking
- Finnish: rahanvaihtaja — money changer
- German: Geldwechsler — money changer
- German: Geldwechslerin — money changer
- Greek: αργυραμοιβός (argyramoivós) — money changer
- Ancient Greek: τραπεζῑ́της (trapezī́tēs) — money changer
- Romanian: zaraf — money changer
- Russian: меня́ла (menjála) — money changer
- Albanian: tregtar — the dealer in a casino, or one who keeps the bank in a banking game
- Catalan: banquer — the dealer in a casino, or one who keeps the bank in a banking game
- Catalan: banquera — the dealer in a casino, or one who keeps the bank in a banking game
- Czech: bankéř — the dealer in a casino, or one who keeps the bank in a banking game
- Finnish: pelinhoitaja — the dealer in a casino, or one who keeps the bank in a banking game
- Finnish: pankki — the dealer in a casino, or one who keeps the bank in a banking game
- German: Bank — the dealer in a casino, or one who keeps the bank in a banking game
- German: Bankhalter — the dealer in a casino, or one who keeps the bank in a banking game
- German: Bankhalterin — the dealer in a casino, or one who keeps the bank in a banking game
- Irish: baincéir — the dealer in a casino, or one who keeps the bank in a banking game
- Irish: scríbín — the dealer in a casino, or one who keeps the bank in a banking game
- Romanian: bancher — the dealer in a casino, or one who keeps the bank in a banking game
- Russian: банкомёт (bankomjót) — the dealer in a casino, or one who keeps the bank in a banking game
- Spanish: banquero — the dealer in a casino, or one who keeps the bank in a banking game
- Spanish: banquera — the dealer in a casino, or one who keeps the bank in a banking game
- Swedish: bankir — the dealer in a casino, or one who keeps the bank in a banking game
- Chinese Mandarin: 補機 /补机 (bǔjī) — railway locomotive
- Finnish: työntöveturi — railway locomotive
- Romanian: locomotivă împingătoare — railway locomotive
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