GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Cashier , 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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   Cashier, 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.]
   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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   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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