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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Noun
Bed Bath was desperate for cash at the time, as Wall Street bankers were threatening to push the home-goods company into bankruptcy to salvage some of their investments. Miles Weiss, Fortune, 9 May 2024 Other Republican candidates included banker and real estate broker Jim Case, case manager and former correctional officer Jeremy Heath, and surgeon Richard Moss. Nadia Scharf, USA TODAY, 8 May 2024 The gallery opened in London’s Pall Mall area in 1824, in the former townhouse of banker John Julius Angerstein. Anne Wallentine, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 May 2024 An $8 late fee cap creates an uproar among bankers The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says consumers would save more than $10 billion in late fees each year. Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 7 May 2024 Other Republican candidates include banker and real estate broker Jim Case, case manager and former correctional officer Jeremy Heath, and surgeon Richard Moss. Nadia Scharf, The Indianapolis Star, 7 May 2024 Lead candidate Alice Weidel, an out lesbian banker, also took a punitive approach to migration in service of traditionally progressive values. TIME, 7 May 2024 Gary Farro, a former banker at First Republic Bank. Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 7 May 2024 The ballet tells the story of J.J. Riordan, a New York banker who lost everything in the Black Tuesday crash of Wall Street in 1929. David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2024

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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

Dictionary Entries Near banker

Cite this Entry

“Banker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/banker. Accessed 16 May. 2024.

Kids Definition

banker

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