From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Cashier \Cash*ier"\ (k[a^]sh*[=e]r"), n. [F. caissier, fr.
caisse. See {Cash}.]
One who has charge of money; a cash keeper; the officer who
has charge of the payments and receipts (moneys, checks,
notes), of a bank or a mercantile company.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Cashier \Cash*ier"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cashiered}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Cashiering}.] [Earlier cash, fr. F. casser to break,
annul, cashier, fr. L. cassare, equiv. to cassum reddere, to
annul; cf. G. cassiren. Cf. {Quash} to annul, {Cass}.]
1. To dismiss or discard; to discharge; to dismiss with
ignominy from military service or from an office or place
of trust.
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They have cashiered several of their followers.
--Addison.
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He had insolence to cashier the captain of the lord
lieutenant's own body guard. --Macaulay.
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2. To put away or reject; to disregard. [R.]
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Connections formed for interest, and endeared
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By selfish views, [are] censured and cashiered.
--Cowper.
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They absolutely cashier the literal express sense of
the words. --Sowth.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cashier
n 1: an employee of a bank who receives and pays out money [syn:
{teller}, {cashier}, {bank clerk}]
2: a person responsible for receiving payments for goods and
services (as in a shop or restaurant)
v 1: discard or do away with; "cashier the literal sense of this
word"
2: discharge with dishonor, as in the army
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