Cash-iēr'1, n.
(kash-eer'), n. [Fr. caissier, It. cassiere, from caisse, cassa. See CASH.] One who has charge of money; a cash-keeper; the officer who superintends the books, payments, and receipts of a bank or company.
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Cashier
Cash-iēr'2, v. t.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. CASHIERED; p. pr. & vb. n. CASHIERING.] [Fr. casser, to break, annul, cashier, It. cassare, Ger. cassieren, from Lat. cassare, equivalent to cassum reddere, to annul. Cf. CASH, v. t., and CASS.]
Sense 1. To dismiss from an office or place of trust, by annulling the commission of.
He had the insolence to cashier the captain of the lord lieutenant's own body guard. Macaulay.
Sense 2. To dismiss or discard from service or from society.
They have already cashiered several of their followers. Addison.
Sense 3. To put away or reject; to dismiss.
Connections formed for interest, and endeared By selfish views, [are] censured and cashiered. Cowper.