I. tell·er ˈtelə(r) noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English, from tellen to tell + -er
1. : one that relates or communicates : informer , narrator , describer
a story based on the teller ' s actual experiences
2.
a. : a device or apparatus that announces : annunciator
b. dialect England : one of the strokes made by a church bell in tolling for a death
3. : one that reckons or counts: as
a. : one appointed to count votes (as in a legislative body, public meeting, assembly)
those for and those against a motion pass between tellers, and the affirmative and negative vote is counted separately — Alice F. Sturgis
b. : a member of a bank's staff concerned with the direct handling of money received by or paid out by the institution
a paying teller
a receiving teller
a savings teller
II. tel·ler
dialect England
variant of tiller