Tēll'er, n.

n. 1. One who tells, relates, or communicates; as, (a.) A recounter; an enumerator. (b.) A narrator or describer. 2. Especially, in the English exchequer, one of four officers whose business it is to receive and pay all moneys due or belonging to the crown, and to give the clerk of the pell a bill to charge him therewith; to pay persons to whom money is due by the king; and also, to make books of receipts and payments. Craig. This meaning is supposed to be from tally, being in ancient records written tallier.

3. An officer of a bank, who counts over money received, and pays it out on checks.
4. One who is appointed to count the votes given in a public meeting, assembly, and the like.