bankerish

[ bang-ker-ish ]

adjective

1. resembling or befitting a banker, especially in being perceived as reserved and conservative in dress and demeanor:

   a model of bankerish decorum.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bankerish¹

banker ¹ + -ish ¹

Example Sentences

The Far Common was still empty, and I walked alone down the wide gravel paths among those most Republican, bankerish of trees, New England elms, toward the far side of the school.

From Literature

Among them, you’ll find the bankerish Alexandre Cabanel, Emile Auguste Carolus-Duran playing an organ and Jean Léon Gérôme at the easel.

From New York Times

Says Doubonossov with a bankerish smile: "We observe the customs and conventions of the City of London."

From Time Magazine Archive

They keep the most bankerish of bankers' hours, charge high rates for their services, and send their customers statements only once every three months.

From Time Magazine Archive

Andre Tardieu, 63, the baldish, bankerish French statesman whose countrymen used to call him "I'Americain" for his bustle and bluntness, lay gravely ill last week at Menton after a nervous breakdown.

From Time Magazine Archive