banker

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈbæŋkə(r)/ X-SAMPA: /b{Nk@(r)/
• Rhymes: -æŋkə(r)

Etymology 1

From bank + -er, after French banquier

Noun

Wikipedia banker (plural bankers)

1. 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.
2. (obsolete) A money changer.
3. The dealer, or one who keeps the bank in a gambling house.
4. The stone bench on which a mason cuts or squares his work.

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Related terms

• bankership
• banking

Translations

one who conducts the business of banking

• Albanian: bankier (sq) m
• Arabic: مصرفي (ar) (maSrafiy) m, بنكي (ar) (bankiy) m
• Catalan: banquer (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 銀行家 (cmn), 银行家 (cmn) (yínhángjiā)

• Czech: bankéř (cs) m
• Dutch: bankier (nl) m
• Esperanto: bankisto (eo)
• Estonian: pankur (et)
• Finnish: pankkiiri (fi)
• French: banquier (fr) m
• German: Bankier (de) m
• Greek: τραπεζίτης (el) m (trapezítis)
• Hebrew: בנקאי (banqa'y) m, בנקאית (banqa'yt) f

• Hungarian: bankár (hu)
• Ido: bankisto (io)
• Japanese: 銀行家 (ja) (ぎんこうか, ginkōka)
• Jèrriais: bantchi
• Korean: 은행가 (ko) (eunhaeng-ga), 銀行家 (ko)
• Maltese: bankier m, bankiera f
• Portuguese: banqueiro (pt) m
• Russian: банкир (ru) (bankír) m 
• Serbo-Croatian: банкар (sh) (bànkār) m
• Spanish: banquero (es) m, banquera (es) f
• Swedish: bankir c
• Turkish: bankacı (tr)
• Vietnamese: chủ ngân hàng (vi)

money changer

• Finnish: rahanvaihtaja

• Greek: αργυραμοιβός (el) m (argyramoivós)

dealer

• Albanian: tregtar
• Catalan: banquer (ca) m
• Czech: bankéř (cs) m
• Finnish: pelinhoitaja

• Russian: банкомёт (ru) (bankom'ót) m 
• Spanish: banquero (es) m, banquera (es) f
• Swedish: bankir c

stone bench

Etymology 2

From bank (An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea) + -er

Noun

banker (plural bankers)

1. A vessel employed in the cod fishery on the banks of Newfoundland.
2. (UK, dialect) A ditcher; a drain digger.

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Translations

vessel

ditcher

Etymology 3

From bank (“an incline or hill”) +‎ -er.

Wikipedia

Noun

banker (plural bankers)

1. (rail transport, UK, Australia) A railway locomotive that can be attached to the rear of a train to assist it in climbing an incline.

Synonyms

• (railway locomotive): bank engine (UK), helper engine (US)

Translations

railway locomotive

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Danish

Noun

banker c

1. plural indefinite of bank

Verb

banker

1. present of banke

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Ladino

Noun

banker m (Latin spelling)

1. banker

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Norwegian

Noun

banker

1. indefinite plural of bank.

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Swedish

Noun

banker

1. indefinite plural of bank.