Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An attendant at a gaming table who collects and pays bets.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who collects the money at a gaming-table.
- noun One who at a public dinner-party sits at the lower end of the table, as assistant chairman.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who presides at a gaming table and collects the stakes.
- noun One who, at a public dinner party, sits at the lower end of the table as assistant chairman.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The person who collects bets and pays out winnings at a gambling table, such as in a
casino . - noun One who, at a public
dinner party , sits at the lower end of the table asassistant chairman .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who collects and pays bets at a gaming table
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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“Table closed!” called the croupier, and instantly the little ball began to spin.
The Titan 2004
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The croupier was a little wizened man wanted on Earth.
Police Your Planet Lester Del Rey 1954
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The croupier was a man with a pointed moustache and an air of having seen all the sorrow and wickedness that there had ever been in the world.
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"Table closed!" called the croupier, and instantly the little ball began to spin.
The Titan Theodore Dreiser 1908
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He had watched the duchess, and had called the croupier's attention to her neat little method.
Brewster`s Millions 1902
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"Rien ne va plus!" called the croupier; but no coins had fallen on the green cloth, and the wheel stopped spinning for the night, as though by common consent.
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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"Rien ne va plus!" called the croupier; but no coins had fallen on the green cloth, and the wheel stopped spinning for the night, as though by common consent.
The Judgment House Gilbert Parker 1897
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He had watched the duchess, and had called the croupier's attention to her neat little method.
Brewster's Millions George Barr McCutcheon 1897
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` Soothed by the magic influence of my virtuous Harriet, instead of calling the croupier to account, I wrote to the proprietors of the bank, stating my ruined condition, and my readiness to sell my commission and pay them what I could.
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The whole thing was a systematically-planned robbery, and very possibly the croupier was a confederate.
mialuthien commented on the word croupier
In Latvian, we use a transliterated form of this word: krupjē. For a long time I believed that what it meant was a toad, because of its striking similarity to the Latvian word for this amphibian krupis. I only got the meaning right when I turned about twelve :/
July 30, 2008
bilby commented on the word croupier
I used to be a croup. I have too many past lives :-(
July 30, 2008
briwref commented on the word croupier
I never knew - croupier was one who rode behind another on a horse (obsolete), croupier, from croupe, rump, croup, from Old French. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/croupier
July 20, 2009