teller

¹

[tel-er]

noun

1. a person or thing that tells, relates, or communicates; narrator.

   Grandpa was a great teller of tall, tall tales.

2. a person employed in a bank to receive or pay out money over the counter.

3. a person who tells, counts, or enumerates, as one appointed to count votes in a legislative body.

Teller

²

[tel-er]

noun

1. Edward, 1908–2003, U.S. physicist, born in Hungary.

teller

¹

/ ˈtɛlə /

noun

1. another name for cashier 1

2. a person appointed to count votes in a legislative body, assembly, etc

3. a person who tells; narrator

Teller

²

/ ˈtɛlə /

noun

1. Edward. 1908–2003, US nuclear physicist, born in Hungary: a major contributor to the development of the hydrogen bomb (1952)

Other Word Forms

• tellership noun
• underteller noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of teller¹

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; tell ¹, -er ¹

Example Sentences

In a recent interview with GQ, he recalled watching her work her way up from a bank teller to a banking executive.

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Taking a spin as a fortune teller, the former “Saturday Night Live” cast member predicted that adoring fans would soon turn on Goggins, just as they had with Pascal.

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In total, 10 Labour MPs, including one teller, voted against the government.

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Nor did the teller at the TD Bank branch he went to.

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Scary but perhaps inevitable given Page reveals how three fortune tellers predicted she would become a writer.

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Related Words

• cashier