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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)

  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.
    • 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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  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

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blanker

English

Etymology

blank +? -er

Adjective

blanker

  1. 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.

Noun

blanker (plural blankers)

  1. (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.

Anagrams

  • reblank

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

blanker

  1. inflection of blank:
    1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
    2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
    3. strong genitive plural

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