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bankerish

bankerish adjective: like a banker.

Adjective

bankerish (comparative more bankerish, superlative most bankerish)

  1. Like a banker.
    • The Far Common was still empty, and I walked alone down the wide gravel paths among those most Republican, bankerish of trees, New England elms, toward the far side of the school.1959, John Knowles, chapter 1, in A Separate Peace
  2. Like that of a banker; fit for a banker.

Forms of bankerish

comparativemore bankerish
superlativemost bankerish

Origin of bankerish

From banker + -ish.

Questions about bankerish

What does bankerish mean?
Bankerish means like a banker.
What part of speech is bankerish?
Bankerish is an adjective.

Words near bankerish in the dictionary

  1. bankerage
  2. bankerages
  3. bankerdom
  4. bankeress
  5. bankeresses
  6. bankerish
  7. bankerless
  8. bankerly
  9. bankers
  10. bankers' drafts
  11. bankers' draughts

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