high roller

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noun Informal.

a person who gambles for large stakes, as in a casino.

a person who spends money freely for entertainment and extravagant living.

a corporation or governmental agency that invests or spends freely or recklessly.

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Origin of high roller

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85

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How to use high roller in a sentence

Simmons, an instinctive high roller (his chief assistant was even named "Mogel"), did not require much convincing.
Doug Kenney: The Odd Comic Genius Behind ‘Animal House’ and National Lampoon|Robert Sam Anson|March 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At a high-roller Democratic fundraiser on Park Avenue last month, a California lawyer dismissed the Whitman challenge.
The GOP's Mean Girls|Gail Sheehy|October 17, 2010|DAILY BEAST
I laid off, and Miles Diston took the high-roller out next trip.
Stories of the Railroad|John A. Hill
He had been a high roller in his day, I guess, but had of late been on his uppers.
Step Lively!|George Niblo

He 's a high roller, right in with the judge and his crew, and there is n't a more corrupt politician in this town.
The Mayor of Warwick|Herbert M. Hopkins
He had been a "high roller" until he came under the Rev. Mr. Borrowscale's tutelage.
The Further Adventures of Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason's Corner Folks|Charles Felton Pidgin
Fatty Welch was "working" some swell guys who thought he was a real high-roller.
McAllister and His Double|Arthur Train

British Dictionary definitions for high roller

high roller

noun

slang, mainly US and Canadian a person who spends money extravagantly or gambles recklessly

Derived forms of high roller

high rolling, noun, adjective

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high roller

or highroller

Origin of high roller

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How to use high roller in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for high roller

Derived forms of high roller