bankerless

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From banker +‎ -less.

Adjective[edit]

bankerless (comparative more bankerless, superlative most bankerless)

  1. Without or lacking bankers.
    • 1838, The London Quarterly Review, volumes 61-62, page 204:
      In the bankerless twelfth century, so great was the difficulty of transmitting money from Spain to Rome (which was generally done by pilgrims returning from Santiago), that for every ounce of gold brought safely to the treasury of St. Peter, []