Banker
['bæŋkə] or ['bæŋkɚ]
Definition
(noun.) the person in charge of the bank in a gambling game.
(noun.) a financier who owns or is an executive in a bank.
Typed by Deirdre--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) A money changer.
(n.) The dealer, or one who keeps the bank in a gambling house.
(n.) A vessel employed in the cod fishery on the banks of Newfoundland.
(n.) A ditcher; a drain digger.
(n.) The stone bench on which masons cut or square their work.
Edited by Johanna
Examples
- For his observation was constantly confirming Mr. Farebrother's assurance that the banker would not overlook opposition. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The banker wrung his hands. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Is there no old banker, no old business, no old servant, no old time, rising in your mind, Monsieur Manette? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- With a dazed face the banker made out the required check. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The standard of that profession is low in Middlemarch, my dear sir, said the banker. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Mr. Bulstrode, the banker, seemed to be addressed, but that gentleman disliked coarseness and profanity, and merely bowed. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- She looked doubtfully from the banker to Archer. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- This morning I wrote to my banker in London to send me certain jewels he has in his keeping,--heirlooms for the ladies of Thornfield. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The banker's receipt, Rachel--as I have heard it described--mentioned nothing of the kind. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- He says Bulstrode the banker will do you harm. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- It's this sort of thing--this tyrannical spirit, wanting to play bishop and banker everywhere--it's this sort of thing makes a man's name stink. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Her banker or her lawyer. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- A particular banker lends among his customers his own promissory notes, to the extent, we shall suppose, of a hundred thousand pounds. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Fact being, I presume, that Mr. Bounderby the Banker does _not_ reside in the edifice in which I have the honour of offering this explanation? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- You can give me a note of hand for this, Mr. Lydgate, said the banker, advancing towards him with the check. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- They paid so much dearer for the bills which their bankers granted them upon those countries. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The paper in question acknowledged the receipt of a valuable of great price which Mr. Luker had that day left in the care of his bankers. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The people concerned in the finances, the farmers-general, the receivers of the taxes which are not in farm, the court-bankers, etc. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- He had instructed his bankers to forward some important business letters to Nice, and at Nice he would quietly await them. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Bankers, merchants, and manufacturers, whose trade depended on exports and interchange of wealth, became bankrupt. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Stumpy and Rowdy, to lie in the cellars of those eminent bankers until the same period should arrive. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Deposited in the keeping of Mr. Luker's bankers. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Bankers' safes had been forced before now, and why should not mine be? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Wright, Nottingham bankers, but these bankers, figuring on the experience that had befallen the inventors of other spinning machines, soon withdrew their aid. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- I'm going to the bankers first for letters, and then to Castle Hill. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- They might still be able to give the utmost assistance which banks and bankers can with propriety give to traders of every kind. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- This free competition, too, obliges all bankers to be more liberal in their dealings with their customers, lest their rivals should carry them away. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- We live among bankers and City big-wigs, and be hanged to them, and every man, as he talks to you, is jingling his guineas in his pocket. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He lodges it privately (under a general description) in his bankers' strong-room. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Private bankers in London give no interest for the money which is deposited with them. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
Edited by Barrett