teller

noun

tell·​er ˈte-lər 

1

: one that relates or communicates

a teller of stories

2

: one that reckons or counts: such as

a

: a member of a bank's staff concerned with the direct handling of money received or paid out

b

: one appointed to count votes

Examples of teller in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

That’s basically the role that Black women have been sort of relegated to — to be truth tellers. — Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026

The vote count was managed by Votenet Solutions and the WGA West’s tellers committee. — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2026

Escobar had been working as a teller at the First Horizon branch at 5901 Miami Lakes Drive since June 22, the report states. — Ana Maria Soler, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026

But then a completely different technology, mobile banking, arose, eventually reducing the need for tellers, not by displacing the task, but by displacing the trip. — Andy Schachtel, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing teller

• automated teller
• automated teller machine
• automatic teller
• automatic teller machine
• fortune teller
• tale-teller

Rhymes for teller

• beller
• cellar
• dweller
• eller
• feller
• meller
• sellar
• seller
• sheller
• speller
• stellar
• bestseller

Kids Definition

teller

noun

tell·​er ˈtel-ər 

1

: one that tells

a teller of tales

2

: a person who counts votes (as in a legislative body)

3

: a bank employee who receives and pays out money

Biographical Definition

Teller

biographical name

Tel·​ler ˈte-lər 

Edward 1908–2003 American (Hungarian-born) physicist