croupier

noun

crou·​pi·​er ˈkrü-pē-ər How to pronounce croupier (audio)
-pē-ˌā
: an employee of a gambling casino who collects and pays bets and assists at the gaming tables

Examples of croupier in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The 1989 commercials included endearing local ads for Vegas institutions like Circus Circus, the Golden Steer, and a casino school for card dealers and croupiers, suggesting that the tape’s owner was a longtime local. Dan Hernandez, Longreads, 28 Feb. 2023 The croupier’s smile withers. Sam Lipsyte, Harper’s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022 Three billion, the croupier replies. Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 20 Feb. 2021 For Leah Santiago-Mandalano, a 39-year-old mother of two from the Philippines, a job as a croupier in Morocco ended when Covid-19 closed the casino in early 2020. Jason Douglas, WSJ, 10 Dec. 2021 Altmann referred to a cartoon published Wednesday in The Times of London, showing Johnson as a croupier, tossing a single coronavirus into a roulette wheel. NBC News, 17 May 2021 Couldn’t block a casino croupier in the run game vs. a horrible run defense. Nick Canepa Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Dec. 2020 In casino halls packed into this city’s premium high-rise office towers, young, skimpily dressed croupiers deal cards and flash winning smiles for Chinese gamblers. Jake Maxwell Watts, WSJ, 19 Mar. 2019 His production, which opened in Monte Carlo in 2004 and traveled to Lyric in 2006-07, sets the action in a luxury hotel on the Mediterranean at the outset of World War I. Alfonso is the croupier in a fancy casino. John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com, 18 Feb. 2018 See More

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Word History

Etymology

borrowed from French, earlier, "person who stands behind the banker at basset (a card game) to call out the cards and deal with stakes, person associated with a gambler who stands behind him at the table," from croupier, adjective, "sitting on the croup of a horse behind the rider in the saddle," from croupe croup entry 1 + -ier -ier

First Known Use

1709, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of croupier was in 1709

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Cite this Entry

“Croupier.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/croupier. Accessed 30 Nov. 2023.

Kids Definition

croupier

noun
crou·​pi·​er ˈkrü-pē-ər How to pronounce croupier (audio)
-pē-ˌā
: an employee of a gambling casino who collects and pays bets
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