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teller

[C] Countable
pl: tellers

The word carries a strong association with reliability and transaction. In a financial setting, it evokes an image of a secure window or counter, representing the human interface between a customer and the vast, invisible machinery of a banking system. In a narrative context, the term shifts toward the act of transmission. It suggests a specific role or persona, often implying a level of skill or a particular perspective that shapes how a story is delivered to an audience.

Used to count individual people performing these specific roles, such as three bank tellers or several story tellers.

Meanings

Noun

A person employed in a bank to receive and pay out money.

"The bank teller processed the deposit quickly."

Noun

A person who tells a story or recounts a narrative.

"He was a gifted teller of tall tales."

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