banker B2 Topic:Money & Finance US /ˈbæŋkɚ/ UK /ˈbæŋkə/ See IPA manual Freq #7615 Meanings 1 noun A person who works at a high level in a bank, especially managing money or investments. Her father is a banker at a major investment firm. 2 noun The person who runs the bank in a gambling game. The banker dealt the cards to each player at the table. 3 noun Something almost certain to succeed; a very safe choice. Everyone thought the new manager was a banker, the one signing that couldn't fail. Thesaurus Word family Forms bankers Derived forms bankeragebankerdombankeressbankerishbankerlessbankerlybankershipbanksterbiobankernonbanker Related forms bankbanking Common collocations investment banker Noun + noun Etymology AI details From bank (“an elevation, or rising ground”) + -er (relational noun suffix) or + -er (occupational suffix). Topics Money & Finance External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # banker **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈbæŋkɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈbæŋkə/ **Frequency rank:** 7615 ## Meanings 1. A person who works at a high level in a bank, especially managing money or investments. 2. The person who runs the bank in a gambling game. 3. Something almost certain to succeed; a very safe choice. ## Examples - Her father is a banker at a major investment firm. - The banker dealt the cards to each player at the table. - Everyone thought the new manager was a banker, the one signing that couldn't fail. ## Derived Forms - bankerage - bankerdom - bankeress - bankerish - bankerless - bankerly - bankership - bankster - biobanker - nonbanker ## Related Forms - bank - banking ## Etymology From bank (“an elevation, or rising ground”) + -er (relational noun suffix) or + -er (occupational suffix). ## AI Etymology Banker comes from bank (“an elevation, or rising ground”) + -er (relational noun suffix) or + -er (occupational suffix). ## Topics - Money & Finance markdown