See Also: BANKER, com(law)
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banker noun2. M16.
[Old & mod. French banquier (cf. Italian banchiere, Anglo-Latin bancarius), from banque: see BANK noun3, -ER2.]
A person who keeps or manages a bank (see BANK noun3 1, 3); in pl. also, a banking company. M16.
merchant banker: see MERCHANT adjective. SWISS banker.
In gaming, a person who keeps the bank; the dealer in some games of chance. E19.
b. A particular gambling game of cards. L19.
In a football pool: a result which one forecasts identically in a series of entries; gen. a match etc. for which a specified outcome is confidently predicted. M20.
Comb.: banker's card a cheque card; banker's order: see ORDER noun; bankers' ramp: see RAMP noun3.
bankerish adjective bankerly M20.
bankerly adjective characteristic of or appropriate to a banker L20.