banker
Syllables: ban·ker/ˈbæŋkɚ/UK/ˈbæŋkəː/
banker noun: 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.
Noun (1)
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.
- I have a good banker in this city, but I would not wish to draw upon the house until the time when I shall draw for a round sum.1855 December – 1857 June, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1857, →OCLC
- The dealer in a casino, or one who keeps the bank in a banking game.
- A money changer.
- The stone bench on which a mason cuts or squares his work.
- [T]he new traceries, mullions, transoms, shafts, pinnacles, and battlements standing on the bankers half worked[.]1895, Thomas Hardy, “II-ii”, in Jude the Obscure, London: Osgood
- A type of envelope with a diamond shape or V-flap that opens on the long edge.
- Synonyms:
- banker's envelope, invitation envelope
Noun (2)
banker (plural bankers)
- 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
- May 20 1815, John Quincy Adams, letter to a merchant
- A ditcher; a drain digger.
- But this was no storm, the bankers could have told him. It was break of the year.1941, Ernestine Hill, My Love Must Wait, A&R Classics, published 2013, page 6
- Synonym of browman.
- Synonyms:
- browman
- A watercourse filled from bank to bank.
Noun (3)
banker (plural bankers)
- A bet that is almost certain to succeed.
- A very safe option.
- When Jose came to Manchester United, two and a half years ago, this was the no-brainer, the banker, the one which couldn't fail. The one who had never failed.2018 December 19, Gary Neville, quotee, “Gary Neville on The Debate: Manchester United, Jose Mourinho and what's next at Old Trafford”, in Sky Sports, retrieved 23 Jul 2025
Noun (4)
banker (plural bankers)
- A railway locomotive that can be attached to the rear of a train to assist it in climbing an incline.
- Between them these engines work passenger trains on the Keith line, and also act as bankers up to Dava when required.1944 January and February, W. McGowan Gradon, “Forres as a Railway Centre”, in Railway Magazine, page 23
- Because of a shortage of W.R. pannier tanks, two "E6" 0-6-2 tanks, Nos. 32410/5, were engaged as bankers on the Folkestone Harbour branch at the beginning of March; [...].1960 May, “Motive Power Miscellany: Southern Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 314
- Synonyms:
- bank engine, banking engine, helper, helper engine
Noun (5) capitalized: Banker
Banker (plural Bankers)
- A native or resident of the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
- The Outer Banks, long "North Carolina's best kept secret," were in the midst of development, with newcomers arriving, condominiums rising, roads jammed, the Bankers and a way of life bending like dune grass before a great wind.1987 October, Charles E. Cobb, Jr., “North Carolina's Outer Banks”, in National Geographic, volume 172, number 4, page 490
- A Banker horse, a feral horse from the islands of North Carolina's Outer Banks.
- Synonyms:
- Outer Banker
Proper noun capitalized: Banker
Banker
banker meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
banker in Hindi
- one who conducts the business of banking
- बैंकर ba͠ikar
banker in Tamil
- வங்கித் தொழிலினர், வங்கித்தொழிலர், வங்கியர், வங்கியாளர், வைப்பகர், பொருளாக முதல்வர்
banker in Marathi
- banker, merchant, tradesman
- शेट śeṭ
- banker
- साव sāv
banker in Urdu
- one who conducts the business of banking
- بَین٘کَر ba͠ikar
More languagesFewer languages
- banker in Bengali
- ব্যাংকার bêṅkar
- banker in Telugu
- బ్యాంకర్, బ్యాంకరు
- banker in Malayalam
- പണവ്യവഹാരം നടത്തുന്നവൻ
- banker in Kannada
- ಬ್ಯಾಂಕರ್
- banker in Punjabi
- ਬੈਂਕਰ baiṅkar
- banker in Gujarati
- સાહ sāh, શેઠ śeṭh
- banker in Nepali
- बैंकर, ब्याङ्कर
- banker in Pashto
- بانکدار bānkdār
- banker in Arabic
- مَصْرَفِيّ maṣrafiyy, بَنْكِيّ bankiyy
- banker in Malay
- jurubank
- banker in Indonesian
- bankir
- banker in Thai
- นายธนาคาร naai-tá-naa-kaan
- banker in Vietnamese
- chủ ngân hàng, chủ nhà băng
Examples of banker in a sentence
- He's not for the company; he's in bed with the investment bankers.
- The central bankers viewed these moves as prophylaxis against inflation.
- I don't see how anyone with a day job is supposed to deal with them when they keep only bankers' hours.
Synonyms of banker
Forms of banker
| plural | bankers |
|---|---|
| plural | Bankers |
Origin of banker
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.
Words formed from banker
- bankerage
- banker and broker
- bankerdom
- bankeress
- bankerish
- banker lamp
- banker's lamp
- bankerless
- bankerly
- banker's acceptance
- banker's card
- banker's cheque
- banker's dozen
- banker's draft
- banker's envelope
- bankership
- bankers' hours
- banker's lien
- banker's order
- bankers' rounding
- bankster
- biobanker
- city banker
- investment banker
- merchant banker
- nonbanker
- private investment banker
- Russian Banker
- shadow banker
- zombie banker
Phrases with banker
Words that rhyme with banker
Questions about banker
- What does banker mean?
- Banker means 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.
- What is banker in Hindi?
- Banker in Hindi is बैंकर (ba͠ikar). See Banker meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is banker?
- Banker can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce banker?
- Banker is pronounced /ˈbæŋkəː/ (UK).
- What is the plural of banker?
- The plural of banker is bankers.
Words near banker in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: banker (page history and authors); Banker (page history and authors); banker (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); शेट (Marathi) (page history and authors); banker (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); banker (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); banker (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); શેઠ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); banker (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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