banker

B2 Topic:People & Society

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 bank banking

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Phrases (1)

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investment banker
a finance professional involved in raising capital and arranging securities transactions

Noun + noun

Etymology

From bank (“an elevation, or rising ground”) + -er (relational noun suffix) or + -er (occupational suffix).

Topics

People & Society

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# 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
- People & Society

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