bank managern.1
/ˈbaŋk ˌmanᵻdʒə/, U.S. /ˈbæŋk ˌmænədʒər/ A person who manages a bank; (now) spec. a person in charge of a local branch of a bank.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > financial dealings > banking > [noun] > one conducting banking business > manager, director, or proprietor of bank
bank mastera1625
banker1670
bank director1695
bank manager1734
bank president1819
banket1846
central banker1930
1734 Polit. State Great Brit. May 439 (margin) Bank managers chosen.
1758 Monthly Rev. May 467 What confidence can we have that Bank Managers will issue no more Notes than they can answer?
1860 A. Trollope Framley Parsonage xlii. 151 The bank manager from Barchester.
1896 Engin. Mag. Mar. 1019 In England it was originally the custom to choose bank managers from the most influential men of the town.
1944 Sun (Baltimore) 18 Mar. 12/1 The bank manager told police that the bandit..drew a gun and said: ‘This is a stickup.’
1967 N. Freeling Strike Out 49 A bank manager..would certainly regard her as a good prospect for a mortgage.
2002 Oldie June 25/1 You want to start your own company? Then stop faffing around and go and talk to your bank manager.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
† bank managern.2
Mining. Obsolete. rare.
A person who oversees operations at the mouth of a pit. Cf. banksman n. 1.In quot. contrasted with bank manager n.1
ΚΠ
1884 Yorks. Post 9 Jan. 2/5 A bank manager in London or Liverpool was a very different personage from a bank manager in Staffordshire or the mining regions generally, where he has to superintend the operations at the pit's mouth.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
<
n.11734
n.21884