bankerish

American  

[bang-ker-ish] / ˈbæŋ kər ɪʃ /

adjective

1. resembling or befitting a banker, especially in being perceived as reserved and conservative in dress and demeanor.

   a model of bankerish decorum.

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Etymology

Origin of bankerish

banker ¹ + -ish ¹

Example Sentences

Among them, you’ll find the bankerish Alexandre Cabanel, Emile Auguste Carolus-Duran playing an organ and Jean Léon Gérôme at the easel.

From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2015

Andre Tardieu, 63, the baldish, bankerish French statesman whose countrymen used to call him "I'Americain" for his bustle and bluntness, lay gravely ill last week at Menton after a nervous breakdown.

From Time Magazine Archive

Once the agent in Colombia of Dillon, Read & Co., suave, bankerish Dr. Alfonso Lopez was last week inaugurated President while a mob of 50,000 jammed Bogota's Plaza Bolivar and roared themselves hoarse.

From Time Magazine Archive

Says Doubonossov with a bankerish smile: "We observe the customs and conventions of the City of London."

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week he gave Belgian Deputies a fatherly piece of his mind, refused to let them upset the Cabinet of bankerish Count Charles de Broqueville, able grappler with Belgium's budget problems.

From Time Magazine Archive