banker

Plural: bankers

Noun

• A person who owns or manages a bank.
• 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.

Examples

• He plays like a cautious banker, investing his tiles for maximum return.

Synonyms

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

Related Words

bank, banking, BANKERLY