crou·pi·er

(kro͞o′pē-ər, -pē-ā′)

An attendant at a gaming table who manages game play and collects and pays bets.

[French, one who rides behind another on a horse (obsolete), croupier, from croupe, rump, croup, from Old French; see croup².]

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croupier

(ˈkruːpɪə; French krupje)

(Gambling, except Cards) a person who deals cards, collects bets, etc, at a gaming table

[C18: literally: one who rides behind another, from French croupe croup²]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

crou•pi•er

(ˈkru pi ər, -piˌeɪ)

n.

an attendant who collects and pays the money at a gaming table.

[1700–10; < French: literally, one who sits behind another on horseback =croupe rump (see croup²) + -ier -ier²]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

croupier - someone who collects and pays bets at a gaming table

gambler - a person who wagers money on the outcome of games or sporting events

Translations

مُدير اللعبَـه على طاوِلَـة قِمـار

krupiér

croupier

Croupier

croupier

krupié

féhirîir viî spilaborî

croupier

krupjė

bankas turētājskrupjē

croupier

krupyekumar oynatan

赌场上的总管理人赌场里收付赌钱的人

croupier

[ˈkruːpɪeɪ] N → crupier mf

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

croupier

[ˈkruːpieɪ ˈkruːpiə^r] n → croupier m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

croupier

n → Croupier m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

croupier

[ˈkruːpɪeɪ] n → croupier m inv

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

croupier

(ˈkruːpiə) noun

a person who takes and pays bets at a gambling table in a casino etc.

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References in classic literature

Consequently, when the ball ceased to roll and a sepulchral voice croaked the news that eight was the winning number, he fixed on the croupier a gaze that began by being joyful and expectant and ended, the croupier remaining entirely unresponsive, by being wrathful.

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.

' Messieurs, faites vos jeux ,' crooned the croupier, in a detached manner.

If this had been entirely his own affair it is probable that the croupier's frigid calm would have quelled him and he would have retired, fermenting but baffled.

He leaned forward quickly across the croupier, snatched the lid off the gold tray, and removed two louis.

The croupier wouldn't give them up, you know, so I had to grab them and run.

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As the croupier called out the colour and number, she pricked on the card with great care and regularity, and only ventured her money on the colours after the red or black had come up a certain number of times.

But in spite of her care and assiduity she guessed wrong and the last two florins followed each other under the croupier's rake, as he cried out with his inexorable voice the winning colour and number.

Kirsch, and having only peeped into a play-room at Baden-Baden when he hung on Dobbin's arm, and where, of course, he was not permitted to gamble, came eagerly to this part of the entertainment and hankered round the tables where the croupiers and the punters were at work.

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The result was that the croupier paid me out three times my total stake!

The croupiers who sat at the two ends of it had not only to watch the stakes, but also to calculate the game--an immense amount of work for two men!

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We revealed yesterday how police were called to the Alea in Glasgow, because a croupier was in cahoots with a card shark.

Card shark flushed out; raging poker players say they've been fleeced Mystery gambler accused of heist bid