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banker

1 American  
[bang-ker] / ˈbæŋ kər /

noun

  1. a person employed by a bank, especially as an executive or other official.

  2. Games. the keeper or holder of the bank.

banker 2 American  
[bang-ker] / ˈbæŋ kər /

noun

  1. a vessel employed in cod fishery on the banks off Newfoundland.

  2. a fisherman on such a vessel.

  3. Australian. a river near flood level, the water being almost bank high.

banker 3 American  
[bang-ker] / ˈbæŋ kər /

noun

  1. a bench or table used by masons for dressing stones or bricks.

banker 1 British  
/ ˈbæŋkə /

noun

  1. a person who owns or is an executive in a bank

  2. an official or player in charge of the bank in any of various games, esp gambling games

  3. a result that has been forecast identically in a series of entries on a football pool coupon

  4. a person or thing that appears certain to win or be successful

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banker 2 British  
/ ˈbæŋkə /

noun

  1. a fishing vessel of Newfoundland

  2. a fisherman in such a vessel

  3. informal a stream almost overflowing its banks (esp in the phrase run a banker )

  4. Also called: bank engine.  a locomotive that is used to help a heavy train up a steep gradient

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banker 3 British  
/ ˈbæŋkə /

noun

  1. a craftsman's workbench

  2. a timber board used as a base for mixing building materials

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of banker1

First recorded in 1485–95; from Middle French banquier; bank 2, -er 2

Origin of banker2

First recorded in 1660–70; bank 1 + -er 1

Origin of banker3

First recorded in 1670–80; bank 3 + -er 1

Example Sentences

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One banker described it as “Goldilocks regulation” — not too hot and not too cold.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

Powell's term as chairman is due to end in May, and Trump has named former central banker Kevin Warsh to replace him.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

The man was identified as 59-year-old Walter Karl Kinney, a former banker who lived in Santa Rosa, according to a news release by the nonprofit DNA Doe Project.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

The sons had helped one of the scheme’s orchestrators resolve issues with Maduro “by intervening with their mother,” the banker told prosecutors as part of his guilty plea to a money-laundering charge.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

“She had many wealthy patrons here in New York—Mr. Livermore, a wealthy banker …”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

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