How do you use the word "banker" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "banker" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "banker": The actress said that she was engaged to a banker. There is nothing of the banker in his bearing.

Banker Meaning

/ˈbæŋkəː/

Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounOne 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.

nounThe dealer in a casino, or one who keeps the bank in a banking game.

Sentence Examples

The actress said that she was engaged to a banker.

There is nothing of the banker in his bearing.

CEFR Practice Quiz

The wealthy ____ helped the young couple secure a loan for their new house.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The local ____ helped the family get a loan to buy their new house.

Word Origin & History

From bank + -er, after French banquier.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"I have a good banker in this city, but I would not wish to draw upon the house until the time when I shall draw for a round sum." — 1855 December – 1857 June, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1857, →OCLC:

"[T]he new traceries, mullions, transoms, shafts, pinnacles, and battlements standing on the bankers half worked[.]" — 1895, Thomas Hardy, “II-ii”, in Jude the Obscure, London: Osgood:

"But this was no storm, the bankers could have told him. It was break of the year." — 1941, Ernestine Hill, My Love Must Wait, A&R Classics, published 2013, page 6:

"When Jose came to Manchester United, two and a half years ago, this was the no-brainer, the banker, the one which couldn't fail. The one who had never failed." — 2018 December 19, Gary Neville, quotee, “Gary Neville on The Debate: Manchester United, Jose Mourinho and what's next at Old Trafford”, in Sky Sports, retrieved 23 Jul 2025:

"Between them these engines work passenger trains on the Keith line, and also act as bankers up to Dava when required." — 1944 January and February, W. McGowan Gradon, “Forres as a Railway Centre”, in Railway Magazine, page 23:

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