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. TellerEdward19082003MUSHungarianSCIENCE: physicist Edward. 1908–2003, US nuclear physicist, born in Hungary: a major contributor to the development of the hydrogen bomb (1952)

Derived Forms

• ˈtellerˌship, noun

Other Words From

• teller·ship noun
• under·teller noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of teller¹

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

Example Sentences

Now one doesn’t need Penn & Teller to conjure visions of a bowl game.

From Los Angeles Times

Tellers and other employees at about 20 Wells Fargo branches so far have voted to join Wells Fargo Workers United, the first-ever union at a major U.S. bank.

From Los Angeles Times

“We haven’t even colonized the Sahara desert, the bottom of the oceans or the moon, because it makes no economic sense,” the physician Danielle Teller observed nearly a decade ago.

From Los Angeles Times

His break should have come when Miles Teller beat him out for the part of Rooster in “Top Gun” and Tom Cruise and director Joe Kosinski offered him the role of Hangman instead.

From Los Angeles Times

Miles Teller played him in “The Offer,” a Paramount+ miniseries about the making of the movie, based on Ruddy’s experiences.

From Seattle Times

Related Words

• bank employee
• cashier