See Also: banker(medicine)
banker(4)(dictionary)
banker(1)(dictionary)
banker(2)(dictionary)
banker(3)(dictionary)
Banker(finance)
banker(dictionary)
Banker(casino)
BANKER, com(law)
banker's card(dictionary)

banker(2) (iou) and BISHOP (law)


banker(2) (iou)



banker noun2. M16.
[Old & mod. French banquier (cf. Italian banchiere, Anglo-Latin bancarius), from banque: see BANK noun3, -ER2.]
A person who keeps or manages a bank (see BANK noun3 1, 3); in pl. also, a banking company. M16.
merchant banker: see MERCHANT adjective. SWISS banker.
In gaming, a person who keeps the bank; the dealer in some Games of chance. E19.
b. A particular gambling game of cards. L19.
In a Football pool: a result which one forecasts identically in a series of entries; gen. a match etc. for which a specified outcome is confidently predicted. M20.
Comb.: banker's card a cheque card; banker's order: see ORDER noun; bankers' ramp: see RAMP noun3.
bankerish adjective bankerly M20.
bankerly adjective characteristic of or appropriate to a banker L20.

BISHOP (law)


BISHOP. An ecclesiastical officer, who is the chief of the clergy of his diocese, and is the archbishop' s assistant. Happily for this country, these diocese, and is the archbishop' s assistant. Happily for this country, these officers are not recognized by law. They derive all their authority from the officers are not recognized by law. They derive all their authority from the churches over which they preside. Bishop' s COURT, Eng. law. An churches over which they preside. Bishop' s COURT, Eng. law. An ecclesiastical court held in the cathedral of each diocese, the judge of ecclesiastical court held in the cathedral of each diocese, the judge of which is the bishop' s chancellor. which is the bishop' s chancellor.