Meaning

12 senses
  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.

    Bankier, Bankierin, Banker

    банки́рbankír, банки́ршаbankírša

    банкі́рbankír, банкі́ркаbankírka

  2. The dealer in a casino, or one who keeps the bank in a banking game.

    Bank, Bankhalter, Bankhalterin

    банкомётbankomjót

    the person in charge of the bank in a gambling game

  3. The stone bench on which a mason cuts or squares his work.

  4. A type of envelope with a diamond shape or V-flap that opens on the long edge.

  5. A vessel employed in the cod fishery on the banks of Newfoundland.

    May 20 1815, John Quincy Adams, letter to a merchant I think the 584 Bankers may be put down 36,540 tons, navigated by 4,627 men and boys

  6. (UK, dialectal)A ditcher; a drain digger.

  7. Synonym of browman.

  8. (Australia, colloquial)A watercourse filled from bank to bank.

  9. (UK)A bet that is almost certain to succeed.

  10. (UK, broadly)A very safe option.

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

  12. (obsolete)A money changer.

    Geldwechsler, Geldwechslerin

    меня́лаmenjála

Examples

61 sentences
  1. Tom is a banker.

    Том — банкір.

    ruТом — банкир.

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  2. I'm a banker.

    Я банкір.

    ruЯ банкир.

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  3. Bankers rule the world.

    Банкіри керують світом.

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  4. Tom is a banker, isn't he?

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  5. Tom has an uncle who is a banker.

    deTom hat einen Onkel, der Bankier ist.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
one who conducts the business of banking:
Русский
By meaning 3
one who conducts the business of banking:
the dealer in a casino, or one who keeps the bank in a banking game:
money changer:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
one who conducts the business of banking:
the dealer in a casino, or one who keeps the bank in a banking game:
money changer:

Origin

From bank + -er, after French banquier. From bank (“an elevation, or rising ground”) + -e

From bank + -er, after French banquier.

From bank (“an elevation, or rising ground”) + -er (relational noun suffix) or + -er (occupational suffix).

From bank on + -er.

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

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