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Banker
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- 1 A barangay of Kabasalan, Zamboanga Sibugay, Philippines.
- 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.
"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."
- 2 A vessel employed in the cod fishery on the banks of Newfoundland.
"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"
- 3 A bet that is almost certain to succeed. UK
- 4 A railway locomotive that can be attached to the rear of a train to assist it in climbing an incline. Australia, British
"Between them these engines work passenger trains on the Keith line, and also act as bankers up to Dava when required."
- 5 A native or resident of the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
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- 6 the person in charge of the bank in a gambling game wordnet
- 7 The dealer in a casino, or one who keeps the bank in a banking game.
- 8 A ditcher; a drain digger. UK, dialectal
"But this was no storm, the bankers could have told him. It was break of the year."
- 9 A very safe option. UK, broadly
"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."
- 10 A Banker horse, a feral horse from the islands of North Carolina's Outer Banks.
- 11 a financier who owns or is an executive in a bank wordnet
- 12 A money changer. obsolete
- 13 Synonym of browman.
- 14 The stone bench on which a mason cuts or squares his work.
"[T]he new traceries, mullions, transoms, shafts, pinnacles, and battlements standing on the bankers half worked[.]"
- 15 A watercourse filled from bank to bank. Australia, colloquial
- 16 A type of envelope with a diamond shape or V-flap that opens on the long edge.
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.
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