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banker

/ˈbæŋkə/BANG-kur
/ˈbæŋkɚ/BANG-kur

Meaningone who keeps a bank

Common meaning: a person who runs or works in a bank

Journey through time

  1. Middle High Germanbanc‘bench’source
  2. Middle Englishbankesource
  3. Englishbank‘financial institution’
  4. Englishformed in English from bankbanker‘a person who runs or works in a bank’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from bank + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), BANK, p.50 · scan

Source words

  • banc Middle High German · source word “bench”

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