a person who manages or owns a bank or group of banks 银行家 ■the person running the table, controlling play, or acting as dealer in some gambling or board games (赌博或棋戏中的)庄家
(Brit.)a supposedly certain bet (英)稳赢的赌注 the horse should be a banker for him in the Members' race. 那匹马应该使他在成员赛中稳操胜券。 ■a result forecast identically (while other forecasts differ) in several football-pool entries on one coupon (一张足球彩票上)与实战结果相符的预测
语源
mid 16th cent.: from French banquier, from banque (see bank)
banker2 noun
a boat employed in cod fishing off Newfoundland (纽芬兰附近海域)捕鳕渔船 ■a Newfoundland fisherman 纽芬兰渔民
(Austral. informal)a river flooded to the top of its banks (澳, 非正式)满汇流,水涨齐岸的河流
an additional locomotive used to assist a train in ascending an incline (辅助火车上坡的)辅动机车