banker

UK/ˈbæŋkəː/

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Other forms: bankers

A banker is a person who works at a senior level in banking. An investment banker, the bankers agreed, a merchant banker.

The word has narrowed: it once covered anybody working in a bank and now means somebody senior, usually in investment banking. A banker's draft is a guaranteed payment. In gambling, the banker holds the stakes. Note bank, from the Italian for a bench — moneylenders worked at one.

Definitions of banker

1nounbankerA person who works at a senior level in banking.B2
“He worked as a banker in London before he became a farmer.”

banker is a financial worker.

Where it comes from

Bank plus -er, after French banquier. Bank comes from Italian banca, a bench, where moneylenders worked.

French
banquier
English, today
banker

From bank + er, after French banquier.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Jobs & Professions

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banker in the wild

Baccarat is a comparing card game played between two hands, the "player" and the "banker".
Baccarat
Each baccarat coup (round of play) has three possible outcomes: "player" (player has the higher score), "banker", and "tie".
Baccarat
Philip Fleming was a British merchant banker and rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.
Philip Fleming (banker)
Andrew John Bailey is an English banker who has been Governor of the Bank of England since 16 March 2020.
Andrew Bailey (banker)
In this episode, an investment banker comes to the office to speak with HR rep Toby Flenderson (Paul Lieberstein), since the company has recently been bought out.
The Banker (The Office)

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