banker
Oxford Essential Dictionary
banker
noun
a person who owns a bank or who has an important job in a bank
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
banker
bank‧er /ˈbæŋkə $ -ər/ noun [countable]
1. someone who works in a bank in an important position
2. the player who is in charge of the money in some gambling games
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
banker
bank·er [banker bankers] [ˈbæŋkə(r)] [ˈbæŋkər] noun
1. a person who owns a bank or has an important job at a bank
• a merchant banker
2. a person who is in charge of the money in particular games
Word Origin:
mid 16th cent.: from French banquier, from banque or Italian banca, from medieval Latin banca, bancus, of Germanic origin.
Example Bank:
• He's an investment banker in New York..
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
bank
bank (ORGANIZATION) /bæŋk/
noun [C]
1 an organization where people and businesses can invest or borrow money, change it to foreign money, etc., or a building where these services are offered:
High street banks have been accused of exploiting small firms.
I need to go to the bank at lunch time.
I had to take out a bank loan to start my own business.
2 A bank of something, such as blood or human organs for medical use, is a place which stores these things for later use:
a blood bank
a sperm bank
3 In gambling, the bank is money that belongs to the owner and can be won by the players.
bank /bæŋk/
verb [I or T]
I used to bank with Lloyd's (= keep my money there).
bankable /ˈbæŋ.kə.bļ/
adjective
likely to make money:
She is currently Hollywood's most bankable actress (= Her films make large profits).
bankability /bæŋ.kəˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/ US /-ə.ţi/
noun [C]
an ability to make money:
His bankability as a pop star decreased as he got older.
banker /ˈbæŋ.kəʳ/ US /-kɚ/
noun [C]
1 someone with an important position in a bank:
She was a successful banker by the time she was forty.
2 the person in gambling games who is responsible for looking after the money
banking /ˈbæŋ.kɪŋ/
noun [U]
the business of operating a bank:
The intricacies of international banking remained a mystery to him.
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary
banker
/bæŋkə(r)/
(bankers)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
A banker is someone who works in banking at a senior level.
...an investment banker.
...a merchant banker.
N-COUNT
Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary
banker
bank·er /ˈbæŋkɚ/ noun, pl -ers [count] : a person who owns a bank or who has an important job in a bank
