Teller (Noun)
Meaning 1
An official appointed to count the votes (especially in legislative assembly).
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The chief teller declared the motion to have been carried with a majority of twenty votes.
- In the most recent election, the teller had to recount the votes from several districts due to irregularities.
- According to the parliamentary procedures, the teller must be impartial and free from conflict of interest.
- The teller announced that the Bill had been passed with an overwhelming majority after the vote count.
- The assembly would not proceed until the teller had completed the official count of votes on the proposed legislation.
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Meaning 2
United States physicist (born in Hungary) who worked on the first atom bomb and the first hydrogen bomb (1908-2003).
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
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Meaning 3
An employee of a bank who receives and pays out money.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
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Meaning 4
Someone who tells a story.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.