banker

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /bæŋkə(r)/ 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. 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.

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 (zh), 银行家 (zh) (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.

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) 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.

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. A ditcher; a drain digger.

Translations

vessel

ditcher

Etymology 3

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

Wikipedia

Noun

banker (plural bankers)

1. (rail transport, UK, Australian) 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.