Meaning of TELLER
| Pronunciation: | | 'telur, 'telur
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- [n] someone who tells a story
- [n] an employee of a bank who receives and pays out money
- [n] an official appointed to count the votes (especially in legislative assembly)
- [n] United States physicist (born in Hungary) who worked on the first atom bombs and the first hydrogen bomb (born in 1908)
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| | Synonyms: | | bank clerk, cashier, Edward Teller, narrator, storyteller, vote counter |
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| | See Also: | | anecdotist, banker, canvasser, fabulist, functionary, griot, nuclear physicist, official, raconteur, speaker, talker, utterer, verbaliser, verbalizer | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Tell"er\, n.
1. One who tells, relates, or communicates; an informer,
narrator, or describer.
2. One of four officers of the English Exchequer, formerly
appointed to receive moneys due to the king and to pay
moneys payable by the king. --Cowell.
3. An officer of a bank who receives and counts over money
paid in, and pays money out on checks.
4. One who is appointed to count the votes given in a
legislative body, public meeting, assembly, etc.
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