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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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RELATED WORDS

waster, wastrel, prodigal, sport, profligate, spender, squanderer, improvident, imprudent, dissipater, bettor, plunger

Nearby words

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  7. high sea,
  8. high seas,
  9. high season,
  10. high sign

Origin of high roller

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85
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Examples from the Web for high-roller

  • 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

  • Seems she was a teacher, but she certainly was a high-roller—O boy!

    Main Street|Sinclair Lewis

  • I laid off, and Miles Diston took the high-roller out next trip.

    Stories of the Railroad|John A. Hill
British Dictionary definitions for high-roller

high roller

noun

slang, mainly US and Canadian a person who spends money extravagantly or gambles recklessly
Derived Formshigh rolling, noun, adjective
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Word Origin and History for high-roller

high-roller

n.

"extravagant spender," by 1873, American English, probably originally a reference to a gambler throwing dice.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper