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Definitions for: Cashier
[n] an employee of a bank who receives and pays out money
[v] discharge with dishonor, as in the army
[v] discard or do away with; "cashier the literal sense of this word"
Webster (1913) Definition: Cash*ier" (k[a^]sh*[=e]r"), n. [F. caissier, fr.
caisse. See Cash.]
One who has charge of money; a cash keeper; the officer who
has charge of the payments and receipts (moneys, checks,
notes), of a bank or a mercantile company.
Cash*ier", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cahiered; p. pr. &vb.
n. Cashiering.] [Earlier cash, fr. F. casser to break,
annul, cashier, fr. L. cassare, equiv. to cassum reddere, to
annul; cf. G. cassiren. Cf. Quash to annul, Cass.]
1. To dismiss or discard; to discharge; to dismiss with
ignominy from military service or from an office or place
of trust.
They have cashiered several of their followers.
--Addison.
He had insolence to cashier the captain of the lord
lieutenant's own body guard. --Macaulay.
2. To put away or reject; to disregard. [R.]
Connections formed for interest, and endeared
By selfish views, [are] censured and cashiered.
--Cowper.
They absolutely cashier the literal express sense of
the words. --Sowth.
Synonyms: bank clerk, teller
See Also: abolish, banker, discharge, free, get rid of
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