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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.


Etymology

Origin of bankerish

banker 1 + -ish 1

Example Sentences

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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

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

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

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

In his high silk hat, in his bankerish tailcoat, Labor Party Leader Arthur Henderson looks neither savage nor Socialist.

From Time Magazine Archive

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