teller Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun United States physicist (born in Hungary) who worked on the first atom bomb and the first hydrogen bomb (1908-2003)
    Edward Teller.
  2. noun an official appointed to count the votes (especially in legislative assembly)
    vote counter.
  3. noun an employee of a bank who receives and pays out money
    bank clerk; cashier.
  4. noun someone who tells a story
    narrator; storyteller.

WordNet


Tell"er noun
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913