teller

[ tel-er ]

/ ˈtɛl ər /

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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.

RELATED WORDS

cashier

Nearby words

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 ]

/ ˈtɛl ər /

noun

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

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Examples from the Web for teller

In fact, Teller was competing with Oppenheimer for resources.
I Saw Nuclear Armageddon Sitting on My Desk|Clive Irving|November 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST

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|DAILY BEAST
"I'll make it all right with the teller, then," said the other.
Pirate Gold|Frederic Jesup Stimson
The teller of the story does not relate in what manner he received this well-merited reproof.
The Treasury of Ancient Egypt|Arthur E. P. B. Weigall
Beside it a nurse sat silent, and upon it feebly tossed the racked body of him whom Barrett had called Jerry the Teller.
The Gentleman From Indiana|Booth Tarkington
For a moment the wonder of the tale and the curious spark of excitement it had produced in the teller kept the listeners silent.
The Coast of Chance|Esther Chamberlain
From his earliest years he was a teller of stories, and had a high reputation among his boy friends as a romancer.
Children's Stories in American Literature, 1660-1860|Henrietta Christian Wright

British Dictionary definitions for teller

teller

/ (ˈtɛlə) /

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

/ (ˈtɛlə) /

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

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.