- merchant (banker)
- Noun. A contemptible person. Rhyming slang, meaning 'wanker'.
English slang and colloquialisms. 2014.
merchant (banker)
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merchant banker — UK US noun [C] ► BANKING a merchant bank , or a person who works for one: »The group brought in merchant bankers Kleinwort Benson to handle the disposal of these acquisitions. »He is a former merchant banker … Financial and business terms
merchant banker — merchant bankers N COUNT A merchant banker is someone who works for a merchant bank … English dictionary
merchant banker — noun : an acceptance house that also does investment banking * * * merchant banker noun [countable] [singular merchant banker plural merchant bankers] Thesaurus: types of bank and people who work in banks … Useful english dictionary
merchant banker — a male term of abuse Additional to any association with the disrespect in which some hold the calling. Rhyming slang for wanker. ... a whisper directed to some inattentive figure: Show some respect, you merchant banker. {Daily… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
merchant banker — noun a) a businessman whose business is merchant banking b) a wanker (usually abbreviated as merchant) See Also: merchant bank … Wiktionary
merchant banker — noun see merchant bank … New Collegiate Dictionary
merchant banker — I Australian Slang wanker II Cockney Rhyming Slang Wanker He s a right merchant … English dialects glossary
merchant banker — See: merchant bank … English dictionary
merchant banker — /ˌmɜ:tʃənt bæŋkə/ noun a person who has a high position in a merchant bank … Dictionary of banking and finance
Merchant banker — wanker … Dictionary of Australian slang
merchant banker — n British a contemptible person, a wanker. This rhyming slang, coined in the late 1980s like its synonym Kuwaiti tanker , high lights a contemporary concern (in this case the spectacular mid 1980s devel opments in the financial centres of the… … Contemporary slang
