Hypertext Webster Gateway: "teller"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Teller \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Teller
n 1: United States physicist (born in Hungary) who worked on the
first atom bombs and the first hydrogen bomb (born in
1908) [syn: {Teller}, {Edward Teller}]
2: an official appointed to count the votes (especially in
legislative assembly) [syn: {vote counter}]
3: an employee of a bank who receives and pays out money [syn:
{cashier}, {bank clerk}]
4: someone who tells a story [syn: {narrator}, {storyteller}]
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