different between banker vs dealer

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?bæ?k?(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?bæ?k?/
• Rhymes: -æ?k?(r)

Etymology 1

bank +? -er, after French banquier.

Noun

banker (plural bankers)

1. 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.
2. The dealer in a casino, or one who keeps the bank in a banking game.
3. (obsolete) A money changer.
4. The stone bench on which a mason cuts or squares his work.

Hyponyms

• usurer (offering loans, esp. at very high interest); loan shark (independent, offering loans at high interest); saraf (early modern Middle East & India); shroff (early modern India & SE Asia)

Derived terms

Related terms

• bank
• banking

Translations

Etymology 2

From bank (“an elevation, or rising ground”) + +? -er

Noun

banker (plural bankers)

1. A vessel employed in the cod fishery on the banks of Newfoundland.
2. (Britain, dialect) A ditcher; a drain digger.
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     But this was no storm, the bankers could have told him. It was break of the year.

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3. (mining) A banksman.

Translations

Etymology 3

From bank (“an incline or hill”) +? -er.

Noun

banker (plural bankers)

1. (rail transport, Britain, Australia) A railway locomotive that can be attached to the rear of a train to assist it in climbing an incline.

Synonyms

• (railway locomotive): bank engine (UK), helper, helper engine (US)

Translations

References

Anagrams

• barken

Danish

Noun

banker c pl

1. indefinite plural of bank

Verb

banker

1. present of banke

Ladino

Noun

banker m (Latin spelling)

1. banker

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From banke +? -er

Noun

banker m (definite singular bankeren, indefinite plural bankere, definite plural bankerne)

1. a beater (implement used for beating)

Derived terms

• teppebanker

Etymology 2

Noun

banker m pl

1. indefinite plural of bank.
2. indefinite plural of banke

Etymology 3

Verb

banker

1. present of banke

References

• “banker_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Swedish

Noun

banker

1. indefinite plural of bank.

Anagrams

• barken

English

Etymology

From Middle English delare, from Old English d?lere, equivalent to deal +? -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Deeler, West Frisian dieler, Dutch deler, German Teiler, Swedish delare.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?di?l?(?)/
• Rhymes: -i?l?(r)

Noun

dealer (plural dealers)

1. One who deals in goods, especially automobiles; a middleman.

   Synonyms: salesman, peddler

2. A drug dealer, one who peddles illicit drugs.

   Synonym: peddler
3. A particular type of stock broker or trader.
4. The person who deals the cards in a card game.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Leader, leader, leared, red ale, redeal, relade, relead

French

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English deal, suffixed with -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.le/

Verb

dealer

1. (slang) to deal (drugs)

Conjugation

Derived terms

• dealeur

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English dealer.

Alternative forms

• dealeur

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.lœ?/

Noun

dealer m (plural dealers, feminine dealeuse)

1. (slang) drug dealer

Anagrams

• leader

Indonesian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English dealer, from Middle English delare, from Old English d?lere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d?e?al?r]
• Hyphenation: dé?a?lêr

Noun

dealer (first-person possessive dealerku, second-person possessive dealermu, third-person possessive dealernya)

1. dealer:
   1. distributor

      Synonyms: agen, bandar, distributor, pemasok, penyalur, penyuplai, tauke, pengedar

   2. drug dealer

Further reading

• “dealer” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?di.l?r/

Noun

dealer m pers (feminine dealerka)

1. Alternative spelling of diler.

Declension

Derived terms

• (noun) dealerstwo
• (adjective) dealerski

Further reading

• dealer in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• dealer in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English dealer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dile?/, [?d?i.le?]

Noun

dealer m (plural dealers)

1. dealer