teller

¹

[tel-er]

noun

1. a person or thing that tells, relates, or communicates; narrator.

   Grandpa was a great teller of tall, tall tales.

2. a person employed in a bank to receive or pay out money over the counter.

3. a person who tells, counts, or enumerates, as one appointed to count votes in a legislative body.

Teller

²

[tel-er]

noun

1. Edward, 1908–2003, U.S. physicist, born in Hungary.

teller

¹

/ ˈtɛlə /

noun

1. another name for cashier 1

2. a person appointed to count votes in a legislative body, assembly, etc

3. a person who tells; narrator

Teller

²

/ ˈtɛlə /

noun

1. Edward. 1908–2003, US nuclear physicist, born in Hungary: a major contributor to the development of the hydrogen bomb (1952)

Other Word Forms

• tellership noun
• underteller noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of teller¹

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; tell ¹, -er ¹

Example Sentences

In total, 10 Labour MPs, including one teller, voted against the government.

From BBC

Nor did the teller at the TD Bank branch he went to.

From Salon

Scary but perhaps inevitable given Page reveals how three fortune tellers predicted she would become a writer.

From BBC

“It’s an agenda. A narrow, self-serving vision of America where they punish truth tellers, favor loyalists, cash in on their power, and leave everyone to fend for themselves,” Harris said.

From Los Angeles Times

Sometimes so-called "tellers" stand outside the polling station and ask voters for the number on their polling card.

From BBC

Related Words

• cashier