banker

banker
banker1
/bang"keuhr/, n.
1. a person employed by a bank, esp. as an executive or other official.
2. Games. the keeper or holder of the bank.
[1525-35; < MF banquier; see BANK2, -ER2]
banker2
/bang"keuhr/, n.
1. a vessel employed in cod fishery on the banks off Newfoundland.
2. a fisherman on such a vessel.
3. Australian. a river near flood level, the water being almost bank high.
[1660-70; BANK1 + -ER1]
banker3
/bang"keuhr/, n.
a bench or table used by masons for dressing stones or bricks.
[1670-80; BANK3 + -ER1]

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