banker

¹

[bang-ker]

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

[bang-ker]

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

[bang-ker]

noun

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

banker

¹

/ 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

banker

²

/ 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

banker

³

/ ˈbæŋkə /

noun

1. a craftsman's workbench

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

Word History and Origins

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

The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this year that Santee Cooper had tapped bankers to look for buyers for its nuclear assets.

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Lawyers, accountants, real estate agents, bankers, all should have been looking at this group and saying, hang on, this doesn't add up.

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During the global financial crisis, she was an investment banker before joining Barclays Bank where she was the Chief Financial Officer for Mortgages.

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In remarks published this weekend, the chancellor told the world's leading finance ministers and central bankers: "The UK's productivity challenge has been compounded by the way in which the UK left the European Union."

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The world always seems to tilt a little on its axis in the two weeks a year that top bankers and finance ministers mass in Washington DC for their meetings at the IMF.

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Related Words

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• dealer 
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• manager 
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