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noun

Teller n.

One who tells, relates, or communicates; an informer, narrator, or describer.

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.

An employee of a bank who receives money paid in, and pays money out, and makes records of such transactions.

One who is appointed to count the votes given in a legislative body, public meeting, assembly, etc.

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Etymology of 'Teller'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Teller" Quotes from Famous Books

... and the same question was put to A. E. Bunker, teller, and Frank J. Wilcox, assistant bookkeeper, each of whom made ...

— The Story of Cole Younger, by Himself • Cole Younger

... a book in which the teller or cashier credits him on the left-hand side with the amount deposited. Other deposits are treated in the same way, and at proper times, if interest is allowed, it is ...

— Business Hints for Men and Women • Alfred Rochefort Calhoun

... much, for he was not only a good story-teller, but he was willing to listen to my stories, and when I found he wanted to hire a horse and sleigh to go to the house of his married sister, with whom he intended to spend Christmas, and that his sister lived on Upper Hill turnpike, on which road the Collingwood house ...

— The Magic Egg and Other Stories • Frank Stockton

... Lanza, wished for him as well. The description of the meeting of the doctors round the sick child's bed, of their quotations from Hippocrates, of the uncertainty and helplessness of the orthodox practitioners, and of the ready resource of the free-lance—who happens also to be the teller of the story—is a richly typical one.[75] "We, the physicians and the father of the child, met about seven in the morning, and Della Croce made a few general observations on death, for he knew that Sfondrato was a sensible man, and he himself was both honoured ...

— Jerome Cardan - A Biographical Study • William George Waters

... drawn out the papers he required for his proposed transaction, set out for the Bourse; while I, disguised as one of his serving-men, accompanied Jacob to the abode of the old fortune-teller. Flemish being my native tongue, it must be remembered I had no difficulty in passing for the character I had assumed; and I thought that, probably, the Dame Barbara ...

— The Golden Grasshopper - A story of the days of Sir Thomas Gresham • W.H.G. Kingston

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