A banker is someone who works in banking at a senior level.
...an investment banker.
...a merchant banker.
banker in British English1
(ˈbæŋkə)
noun
1.
a person who owns or is an executive in a bank
2.
an official or player in charge of the bank in any of various games, esp gambling games
3.
a result that has been forecast identically in a series of entries on a football pool coupon
4.
a person or thing that appears certain to win or be successful
banker in British English2
(ˈbæŋkə)
noun
1.
a fishing vessel of Newfoundland
2.
a fisherman in such a vessel
3. Australian and New Zealand informal
a stream almost overflowing its banks (esp in the phrase run a banker)
4. Also called: bank engine British
a locomotive that is used to help a heavy train up a steep gradient
banker in British English3
(ˈbæŋkə)
noun
1.
a craftsman's workbench
2.
a timber board used as a base for mixing building materials
banker in American English1
(ˈbæŋkər)
noun
1.
a person who owns or manages a bank
2.
the person in charge of the bank in some gambling games
Word origin
< bank1, by analogy with Fr banquier
banker in American English2
(ˈbæŋkər)
noun
a person or boat engaged in cod fishing on the Newfoundland banks
Word origin
< bank2
banker in American English3
(ˈbæŋkər)
noun
the workbench of a bricklayer, mason, or sculptor
Word origin
bank3, in obs. sense “bench” + -er
Examples of 'banker' in a sentence
banker
Motorists and central bankers fearful of a surge in inflation should beware.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Two investment bankers are in a bar.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
It cannot just be left to the central bankers.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
How did central bankers become so important?
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Criticism is not confined to central bankers.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The former banker was hired by Labour to look at welfare reform and the use of sanctions in the benefits system.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Recent lord mayors have been drawn from the financial services industry and included investment bankers, lawyers and stockbrokers approaching the end of their careers.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The original merchant bankers were traders in a different sense altogether.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Senior bankers and officials are scrambling to find common ground.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
That is the last thing central bankers want.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
What stands out is the lack of almost any banker prepared to say enough is enough.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
He also declared war on highly paid bankers and executives.
The Sun (2010)
The agency has arrested and charged three bankers during its investigation into the scandal.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The ranks of investment bankers had swelled.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
It is the life you would imagine a successful investment banker to lead.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Industry insiders say that bankers are working overtime to set up potential deals.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Retail banks that are not run by investment bankers.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Many less senior bankers will receive a great deal more.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The former banker in me demands this.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Over the past decade we have become happy to trust our central bankers.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Imagine if bankers were in charge of measuring inflation.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Are the crafty bankers running rings round him?
The Sun (2009)
But it gave the former investment banker an idea.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The combined shock of rising energy and food prices is still viewed with real concern by senior central bankers.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The era of big bonuses for bankers seems almost certain to end after ministers joined ranks in condemnation of the payments.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Merchant bankers and lawyers often charge more to put their names to a prospectus than many entrepreneurs need to launch their business.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Last week airline executives and transport bankers were talking about another, more intriguing possibility.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
For the investment bankers, the omens are auspicious.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Would a successful and conscientious banker really give up his City life to run a damp campsite?
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
I say let the bankers go.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
This is just one question thrown up by the seating plan at the lord mayor's annual dinner for the bankers and merchants of the City last week.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
In other languages
banker
British English: banker /ˈbæŋkə/ NOUN
A banker is someone involved in banking at a senior level.
...a merchant banker.
American English: banker
Arabic: مُوَظَّف بَنْك
Brazilian Portuguese: banqueiro
Chinese: 银行家
Croatian: bankar
Czech: bankéř
Danish: bankier
Dutch: bankier
European Spanish: banquero
Finnish: pankkiiri
French: banquier
German: Bankier
Greek: τραπεζίτης
Italian: banchiere
Japanese: 銀行家
Korean: 은행가
Norwegian: bankier
Polish: bankier
European Portuguese: banqueiro
Romanian: bancher
Russian: банкир
Latin American Spanish: banquero
Swedish: bankir
Thai: นายธนาคาร
Turkish: bankacı
Ukrainian: банкір
Vietnamese: giám đốc ngân hàng
All related terms of 'banker'
merchant banker
A merchant banker is someone who works for a merchant bank .
banker's bill
a banknote
banker's draft
A banker's draft is the same as a → bank draft .
banker's order
an instruction to a bank by a depositor to pay a stated sum at regular intervals
investment banker
an executive in an investment bank
banker's cheque
a cheque drawn by a bank on itself, which is bought by a person to pay a supplier unwilling to accept a normal cheque
banker's reference
a confidential statement about the financial status of a customer , provided by one bank to another, or to an authorized enquirer
banker's acceptance
a draft or bill of exchange drawn on a bank and accepted by it
bankcard
any plastic card issued by a bank , such as a cash card or cheque card
central bank
a national bank that does business mainly with a government and with other banks : it regulates the volume and cost of credit