different between banker vs banket

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?bæ?k?(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?bæ?k?/
• Rhymes: -æ?k?(r)

Etymology 1

bank +? -er, after French banquier.

Noun

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

Hyponyms

• usurer (offering loans, esp. at very high interest); loan shark (independent, offering loans at high interest); saraf (early modern Middle East & India); shroff (early modern India & SE Asia)

Derived terms

Related terms

• bank
• banking

Translations

Etymology 2

From bank (“an elevation, or rising ground”) + +? -er

Noun

banker (plural bankers)

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

Translations

Etymology 3

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

Noun

banker (plural bankers)

1. (rail transport, Britain, 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, helper engine (US)

Translations

References

Anagrams

• barken

Danish

Noun

banker c pl

1. indefinite plural of bank

Verb

banker

1. present of banke

Ladino

Noun

banker m (Latin spelling)

1. banker

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From banke +? -er

Noun

banker m (definite singular bankeren, indefinite plural bankere, definite plural bankerne)

1. a beater (implement used for beating)

Derived terms

• teppebanker

Etymology 2

Noun

banker m pl

1. indefinite plural of bank.
2. indefinite plural of banke

Etymology 3

Verb

banker

1. present of banke

References

• “banker_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Swedish

Noun

banker

1. indefinite plural of bank.

Anagrams

• barken

English

Etymology

Dutch banket

Noun

banket (plural bankets)

1. A sweet almond dessert pastry that originated in the Netherlands.

Synonyms

• banketstaaf
• letterbanket

Danish

Noun

banket n

1. definite singular of bank

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch banket. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b???k?t/
• Hyphenation: ban?ket
• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

banket n (plural banketten, diminutive banketje n)

1. A banquet, formal, festive meal.
2. (countable, uncountable) A pastry made of almond paste and puff pastry.
3. (collective, uncountable) Any of a variety of sweet pastries.
4. (military) A banquette, narrow area behind a defensive wall's parapet, elevated above its terreplein and used by defending infantry to shoot safely at attackers.

Derived terms

• banketbakker
• banketdeeg
• banketeren
• banketfabriek
• bankethuis
• banketletter
• banketspijs
• banketstaaf
• banketsuiker
• paleisbanket
• zeebanket

Descendants

• Afrikaans: banket

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• banka

Verb

banket

1. inflection of banke:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From French banquette. Compare b?nak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?nke?t/
• Hyphenation: ban?ket

Noun

bànk?t m (Cyrillic spelling ????????)

1. A banquet.

Declension

References

• “banket” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal