: a person or boat employed in the cod fishery on the Newfoundland banks
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In another exchange from December 2009, Epstein and Mandelson discussed Britain’s plans to impose an additional tax on bankers’ bonuses as a punitive, one-off measure following the crash.—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 3 Feb. 2026 In the past year, many economists and bankers have warned that the United States is on unstable economic ground, meaning that whoever runs for President in 2028 may do so in the midst of a financial crisis.—Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026 From the days of colonists and pirates to the more modern era (of, say, bankers and lawyers servicing offshore corporations), its touristic charms have gone largely unappreciated.—John Bowe, Travel + Leisure, 1 Feb. 2026 The iconic Full Moon ball of season 3 takes place at Osterley Park and House, a Tudor mansion built in the 1570s and later owned by wealthy banker Sir Francis Child in 1713.—Kayla Keegan, PEOPLE, 1 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for banker