Definitions for: Teller


[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)



Webster (1913) 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.

Synonyms: bank clerk, cashier, Edward Teller, narrator, storyteller, vote counter

See Also: anecdotist, banker, canvasser, fabulist, functionary, griot, nuclear physicist, official, raconteur, speaker, talker, utterer, verbaliser, verbalizer

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