teller

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun United States physicist (born in Hungary) who worked on the first atom bomb and the first hydrogen bomb (1908-2003)
  2. noun an official appointed to count the votes (especially in legislative assembly)
  3. noun an employee of a bank who receives and pays out money

Etymology

From Middle English tellere (“one who counts or enumerates; one who recounts or relates; teller”), equivalent to tell (verb) + -er.

In classic literature

Synonyms

Edward Teller

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