Pronounced: PIE-ler, adj
Notes: I didn’t know this word, but after seeing the definition, I should have known it
Yesterday’s word
The word bankster is “a banker who engages in dishonest or illegal behavior.
First usage
Our word came into English in the late 1800s
Background / Comments
I have previously posted entries for poetaster and philosophaster. As in those words, the -ster suffix means something derogatory. It is thought that our word is combination of banker and gangster.
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