teller

[tel-er]

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noun

a person or thing that tells, relates, or communicates; narrator: Grandpa was a great teller of tall, tall tales.

a person employed in a bank to receive or pay out money over the counter.

a person who tells, counts, or enumerates, as one appointed to count votes in a legislative body.

Origin of teller

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; see origin at tell¹, -er¹

Related formstell·er·ship, nounun·der·tell·er, noun

Teller

[tel-er]

noun

Edward,1908–2003, U.S. physicist, born in Hungary.

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Related Words for teller

cashier

Examples from the Web for teller

Contemporary Examples of teller

In fact, Teller was competing with Oppenheimer for resources.
I Saw Nuclear Armageddon Sitting on My Desk
Clive Irving
November 10, 2014
Onscreen, Teller is a bit like a young Vince Vaughn—gregarious, charming, and a tad suspicious.
Miles Teller’s Movie Star Moment: From the Brink of Death to ‘Whiplash’
Marlow Stern
October 14, 2014
Teller took piano lessons as a kid, but quit at 14 when the lessons got “too strict.”
Miles Teller’s Movie Star Moment: From the Brink of Death to ‘Whiplash’
Marlow Stern
October 14, 2014
Teller will reteam with his Whiplash director Chazelle on La La Land, which starts shooting in the spring.
Miles Teller’s Movie Star Moment: From the Brink of Death to ‘Whiplash’
Marlow Stern
October 14, 2014
Seven years on from the crash, Teller is having what industry folks call “a moment.”
Miles Teller’s Movie Star Moment: From the Brink of Death to ‘Whiplash’
Marlow Stern
October 14, 2014

Historical Examples of teller

Cass, the teller, certainly shunned him as he would a leper.
Thoroughbreds
W. A. Fraser
The Teller only tried to move his free hand to the shoulder Barrett had shaken.
The Gentleman From Indiana
Booth Tarkington
“Not at all,” courtesied the teller of stories, as he led the way inside.
A Breath of Prairie and other stories
Will Lillibridge
He saw the cashier and Martha standing by the teller's window.
Galusha the Magnificent
Joseph C. Lincoln
The former said something and handed the teller the bank book and the roll of bills.
Galusha the Magnificent
Joseph C. Lincoln

British Dictionary definitions for teller

teller

noun

another name for cashier 1 (def. 2)

a person appointed to count votes in a legislative body, assembly, etc

a person who tells; narrator

Derived Formstellership, noun

Teller

noun

Edward. 1908–2003, US nuclear physicist, born in Hungary: a major contributor to the development of the hydrogen bomb (1952)

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Word Origin and History for teller

"bank clerk who pays or receives money," late 15c., "person who keeps accounts," from tell (v.) in its secondary sense of "count, enumerate," which is the primary sense of cognate words in many Germanic languages.