teller
English
/ˈtɛlə/, /ˈtɛləɹ/
noun
Definitions
- A person who tells stories.
- (banking) A bank clerk who receives and pays out money.
- (banking)
- A person who counts the votes in an election.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English tellere (teller, one who counts enumerates, one who recounts relates) affix from English tell.
Origin
English
tell
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- autoteller English
- betell English
- foretell English
- forthtell English
- fortune English
- fortuneteller English
- leeftail English
- mistell English
- outtell English
- overtell English
- pentel English
- pretell English
- retell English
- story English
- storyteller English
- tale English
- taleteller English
- talk English
- tell English
- tell-troth English
- tell-truth English
- tell-worthy English
- tellable English
- tellee English
- tellerless English
- tellership English
- tellest English
- telleth English
- telltale English
- telt English
- told English
- truth English
- truthteller English
- underteller English
- untell English
- tellen Middle English
- tellere Middle English
- tale
- talk
- told
- telt
- tell
- truth
- story
- betell
- retell
- tellee
- pentel
- untell
- mistell
- tellest
- telleth
- pretell
- outtell
- fortune
- foretell
- tellable
- overtell
- leeftail
- telltale
- forthtell
- tellerless
- taleteller
- tell-troth
- tellership
- autoteller
- tell-truth
- tell-worthy
- underteller
- storyteller
- truthteller
- fortuneteller