Standard Lemma guide

teller

name · noun · 11 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈtɛlə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈtɛləɹ/
  • rhymes with -ɛlə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: T EH1 L ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A tiny city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States, named after Henry M. Teller.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A person who tells stories.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A bank clerk who receives and pays out money.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

Topics: banking, business

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cashier

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A cashier at any place of business.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

Synonym of automated teller machine.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: banking, business

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cash machine, ATM, automated teller machine

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A person who counts the votes in an election.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

someone who tells a story

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: narrator, storyteller

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: speaker, talker, utterer, verbalizer, verbaliser

Narrower terms: anecdotist, raconteur, fabulist, griot

9

noun

Meaning 9

an employee of a bank who receives and pays out money

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cashier, bank clerk

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: banker

10

noun

Meaning 10

an official appointed to count the votes (especially in legislative assembly)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: vote counter

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: official, functionary

Narrower terms: canvasser

11

noun

Meaning 11

United States physicist (born in Hungary) who worked on the first atom bomb and the first hydrogen bomb (1908-2003)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Edward Teller

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: nuclear physicist

History

Etymology

From Middle English tellere (“one who counts or enumerates; one who recounts or relates; teller”), equivalent to tell (verb) + -er.

Across languages

Translations

93 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Northern Altai: чӧрчекчи (čörčekči) — person who tells stories
  • Southern Altai: чӧрчӧкчи (čörčökči) — person who tells stories
  • Bulgarian: разказвач (razkazvač) — person who tells stories
  • Czech: vypravěč — person who tells stories
  • Danish: fortæller — person who tells stories
  • Esperanto: rakontisto — person who tells stories
  • Finnish: tarinankertoja — person who tells stories
  • French: diseur — person who tells stories
  • French: diseuse — person who tells stories
  • French: conteur — person who tells stories
  • French: conteuse — person who tells stories
  • French: raconteur — person who tells stories
  • French: raconteuse — person who tells stories
  • German: Erzähler — person who tells stories
  • German: Erzählerin — person who tells stories
  • Indonesian: pengisah — person who tells stories
  • Macedonian: раска́жувач (raskážuvač) — person who tells stories
  • Macedonian: раскажу́вачка (raskažúvačka) — person who tells stories
  • Norwegian: forteller — person who tells stories
  • Polish: opowiadacz — person who tells stories
  • Polish: opowiadaczka — person who tells stories
  • Portuguese: contador de histórias/estórias — person who tells stories
  • Portuguese: narrador — person who tells stories
  • Romanian: povestitor — person who tells stories
  • Romanian: povestitoare — person who tells stories
  • Romanian: narator — person who tells stories
  • Romanian: naratoare — person who tells stories
  • Russian: расска́зчик (rasskázčik) — person who tells stories
  • Russian: расска́зчица (rasskázčica) — person who tells stories
  • Turkish: anlatıcı — person who tells stories
  • Turkish: anlatan — person who tells stories
  • Armenian: գանձապահ (ganjapah) — bank clerk who receives and pays out money
  • Azerbaijani: xəzinədar — bank clerk who receives and pays out money
  • Azerbaijani: kassir — bank clerk who receives and pays out money
  • Belarusian: касі́р (kasír) — bank clerk who receives and pays out money
  • Bulgarian: касиер (kasier) — bank clerk who receives and pays out money
  • Chinese Mandarin: 出納員 /出纳员 (chūnàyuán) — bank clerk who receives and pays out money
  • Danish: kasserer — bank clerk who receives and pays out money
  • Danish: bankkasserer — bank clerk who receives and pays out money
  • Dutch: bankbediende — bank clerk who receives and pays out money
  • Esperanto: bankkasisto — bank clerk who receives and pays out money
  • Finnish: pankkivirkailija — bank clerk who receives and pays out money
  • French: caissier — bank clerk who receives and pays out money
  • French: caissière — bank clerk who receives and pays out money
  • Galician: caixeiro — bank clerk who receives and pays out money
  • German: Bankangestellter — bank clerk who receives and pays out money
  • German: Bankangestellte — bank clerk who receives and pays out money
  • Greek: ταμίας (tamías) — bank clerk who receives and pays out money
  • Indonesian: teller — bank clerk who receives and pays out money
  • Irish: airgeadóir (bainc) — bank clerk who receives and pays out money
  • Italian: cassiere — bank clerk who receives and pays out money
  • Japanese: 出納係 (suitōkakari) — bank clerk who receives and pays out money
  • Korean: 출납계 (chullapgye) — bank clerk who receives and pays out money
  • Macedonian: ша́лтерски слу́жбеник (šálterski slúžbenik) — bank clerk who receives and pays out money
  • Macedonian: бла́гајник (blágajnik) — bank clerk who receives and pays out money
  • Malay: juruwang — bank clerk who receives and pays out money
  • Māori: kaitatau moni — bank clerk who receives and pays out money
  • Plautdietsch: Banktala — bank clerk who receives and pays out money
  • Polish: kasjer — bank clerk who receives and pays out money
  • Polish: kasjerka — bank clerk who receives and pays out money
  • Portuguese: caixa — bank clerk who receives and pays out money
  • Romanian: casier — bank clerk who receives and pays out money
  • Russian: касси́р (kassír) — bank clerk who receives and pays out money
  • Russian: касси́рша (kassírša) — bank clerk who receives and pays out money
  • Slovene: blagajnik — bank clerk who receives and pays out money
  • Slovene: blagajničarka — bank clerk who receives and pays out money
  • Spanish: cajero — bank clerk who receives and pays out money
  • Spanish: cajera — bank clerk who receives and pays out money
  • Turkish: veznedar — bank clerk who receives and pays out money
  • Turkish: kasiyer — bank clerk who receives and pays out money
  • Ottoman Turkish: وزنهجی (vezneci) — bank clerk who receives and pays out money
  • Ukrainian: каси́р (kasýr) — bank clerk who receives and pays out money
  • Bulgarian: преброител (prebroitel) — person who counts the votes in an election
  • Danish: stemmetæller — person who counts the votes in an election
  • Danish: valgtilforordnet — person who counts the votes in an election
  • Esperanto: balotnombristo — person who counts the votes in an election
  • Finnish: ääntenlaskija — person who counts the votes in an election
  • German: Wahlhelfer — person who counts the votes in an election
  • German: Wahlhelferin — person who counts the votes in an election
  • Greek: ψηφολέκτης (psifoléktis) — person who counts the votes in an election
  • Greek: ψηφολέκτρια (psifoléktria) — person who counts the votes in an election
  • Latin: diribitor — person who counts the votes in an election
  • Macedonian: бро́јач (brójač) — person who counts the votes in an election
  • Macedonian: пребро́јувач (prebrójuvač) — person who counts the votes in an election
  • Malay: pengira undi — person who counts the votes in an election
  • Portuguese: escrutinador — person who counts the votes in an election
  • Romanian: scrutinător — person who counts the votes in an election
  • Russian: счётчик (sčótčik) — person who counts the votes in an election
  • Russian: счётчица (sčótčica) — person who counts the votes in an election
  • Slovene: preštevalec glasov — person who counts the votes in an election
  • Slovene: preštevalka glasov — person who counts the votes in an election
  • Turkish: oy sayıcı — person who counts the votes in an election
  • Welsh: cyfrifwr — person who counts the votes in an election
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