teller B1 Topic:Work & Careers US /ˈtɛləɹ/ UK /ˈtɛlə/ See IPA manual Freq #9234 Meanings 1 noun A bank employee who takes in and pays out money to customers. The teller counted the cash and handed it to me. 2 noun A person who tells stories. She is a gifted teller of folk tales. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a bank employee who takes... cashier 2 noun · a person who tells stories. narrator Word family Forms tellers Derived forms fortune-teller Appears in Phrases (1) See all fortune teller a person who claims to predict someone's future Noun + noun Etymology AI details From Middle English tellere (“one who counts or enumerates; one who recounts or relates; teller”), equivalent to tell (verb) + -er. tellere Middle English View etymology graph -> Topics Work & Careers External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # teller **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈtɛləɹ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈtɛlə/ **Frequency rank:** 9234 ## Meanings 1. A bank employee who takes in and pays out money to customers. 2. A person who tells stories. ## Examples - The teller counted the cash and handed it to me. - She is a gifted teller of folk tales. ## Derived Forms - fortune-teller ## Roots and Affixes - Root: tellere ## Etymology From Middle English tellere (“one who counts or enumerates; one who recounts or relates; teller”), equivalent to tell (verb) + -er. ## AI Etymology Teller is from Middle English tellere (“one who counts or enumerates; one who recounts or relates; teller”), equivalent to tell (verb) + -er. In present-day use, it can mean a bank employee who takes in and pays out money to customers, or a person who tells stories. Derived formations include fortune-teller. ## Topics - Work & Careers markdown