banker

1 of 2

noun (1)

bank·​er ˈbaŋ-kər How to pronounce banker (audio)
1
: one that engages in the business of banking
2
: the player who keeps the bank in various games
bankerly adjective

banker

2 of 2

noun (2)

: a person or boat employed in the cod fishery on the Newfoundland banks

Examples of banker in a Sentence

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The uprising began with peaceful demonstrations against employment quotas for regime loyalists, but a heavy-handed crackdown ignited a powderkeg of rage against inequality and political repression that brought tens of thousands of mothers and daughters, bankers and beggars, united onto the street. Charlie Campbell, TIME, 21 Nov. 2024 Andrew Boone, one of the analysts from JMP, says that in a survey of junior bankers in San Francisco, his team found a strong preference for the sleek, white, driverless Waymo Jaguars—despite what riders reported as higher prices, lengthier waits, and longer walks from drop-offs and to pickups. Wired Staff, WIRED, 20 Nov. 2024 French Hill Hill — the current vice chair on the panel and chair of the Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology and Inclusion — is a former banker, Senate Banking Committee staffer and former executive secretary to the President's Economic Policy Council in 1991. Juliegrace Brufke, Axios, 20 Nov. 2024 Unfortunately, by the 1920s, the age of the pioneer has ended and the age of the banker encroaches. Noel Murray, Vulture, 18 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for banker 

Word History

First Known Use

Noun (1)

circa 1671, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun (2)

1654, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of banker was in 1654

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“Banker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/banker. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.

Kids Definition

banker

noun
bank·​er
ˈbaŋ-kər
: a person who is engaged in the business of a bank
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