Definition of BANKER

banker

Meanings

Plural: bankers

Noun

  • a financier who owns or is an executive in a bank
  • the person in charge of the bank in a gambling game
  • One who conducts the business of banking; one who, individually, or as a member of a company, keeps an establishment for the deposit or loan of money, or for traffic in money, bills of exchange, etc.
  • The dealer in a casino, or one who keeps the bank in a banking game.
  • A money changer.
  • The stone bench on which a mason cuts or squares his work.
  • A type of envelope with a diamond shape or V-flap that opens on the long edge.
  • A vessel employed in the cod fishery on the banks of Newfoundland.
  • A ditcher; a drain digger.
  • Synonym of browman.
  • A watercourse filled from bank to bank.
  • A bet that is almost certain to succeed.
  • A very safe option.
  • A railway locomotive that can be attached to the rear of a train to assist it in climbing an incline.

Origin / Etymology

From bank + -er, after French banquier.

Synonyms

bank engine, banker's envelope, banking engine, browman, helper, helper engine, invitation envelope, sure thing

Scrabble Score: 12

banker is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
banker is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
banker is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

banker is a valid Words With Friends word