banker
/ˈbæŋkɚ/ noun B2- One who conducts the business of banking; one who, individually, or as a member of a company, keeps an establishment for the deposit or loan of money, or for traffic in money, bills of exchange, etc.
- The dealer in a casino, or one who keeps the bank in a banking game.
- The stone bench on which a mason cuts or squares his work.
- A type of envelope with a diamond shape or V-flap that opens on the long edge.
Plural bankers
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“Why, yes, he is actually insolent over the matter—has already offered me his patronage, as if he were a grand personage, and proffered me a loan of money, as though he were a banker.”
Years rolled on, and amongst the descendants some were soldiers, others diplomatists; some churchmen, some bankers; some grew rich, and some were ruined.
During the war with Spain he was employed in the commissariat of the French army, and made a fortune; then with that money he speculated in the funds, and trebled or quadrupled his capital; and, having first married his banker’s daughter, who left him a widower, he has married a second time, a widow, a Madame de Nargonne, daughter of M.
Then offer him double that sum; a banker never loses an opportunity of doubling his capital.”
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