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banker
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)
- 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.
- The dealer in a casino, or one who keeps the bank in a banking game.
- (obsolete) A money changer.
- 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)
- A vessel employed in the cod fishery on the banks of Newfoundland.
- (Britain, dialect) A ditcher; a drain digger.
- 1941, Ernestine Hill, My Love Must Wait, A&R Classics 2013, p. 6:
- But this was no storm, the bankers could have told him. It was break of the year.
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- 1941, Ernestine Hill, My Love Must Wait, A&R Classics 2013, p. 6:
- (mining) A banksman.
Translations
Etymology 3
From bank (“an incline or hill”) +? -er.
Noun
banker (plural bankers)
- (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
- indefinite plural of bank
Verb
banker
- present of banke
Ladino
Noun
banker m (Latin spelling)
- banker
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From banke +? -er
Noun
banker m (definite singular bankeren, indefinite plural bankere, definite plural bankerne)
- a beater (implement used for beating)
Derived terms
- teppebanker
Etymology 2
Noun
banker m pl
- indefinite plural of bank.
- indefinite plural of banke
Etymology 3
Verb
banker
- present of banke
References
- “banker_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Swedish
Noun
banker
- indefinite plural of bank.
Anagrams
- barken
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blanker
English
Etymology
blank +? -er
Adjective
blanker
- comparative form of blank: more blank
- 1936, Robert Frost, "Desert Places"
- And lonely as it is, that loneliness
- Will be more lonely ere it will be less —
- A blanker whiteness of benighted snow
- With no expression, nothing to express.
- 1936, Robert Frost, "Desert Places"
Noun
blanker (plural blankers)
- (computing) An early form of screensaver that blanked out the screen display when it was not in use.
- 1987, Howard Bornstein, Under the Apple (page 221)
- These screen blankers prevent phosphor burn on your screen, which is always a danger when you leave the screen on too long.
- 1987, Howard Bornstein, Under the Apple (page 221)
Anagrams
- reblank
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
blanker
- inflection of blank:
- strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
- strong genitive/dative feminine singular
- strong genitive plural
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