Definition of "banker" in English

noun

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.

5. (stationery) A type of envelope with a diamond shape or V-flap that opens on the long edge.

noun

1. 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

2. (UK, dialect) A ditcher; a drain digger.

3. (mining) Synonym of browman.

4. (Australia, colloquial) A watercourse filled from bank to bank.

noun

1. (UK, gambling) A bet that is almost certain to succeed.

2. (UK, by extension) A very safe option.

noun

1. (rail transport, British, Australia) A railway locomotive that can be attached to the rear of a train to assist it in climbing an incline.