'Croupier' definitions:
Definition of 'croupier'
(from WordNet)
noun
Someone who collects and pays bets at a gaming table
Definition of 'Croupier'
From: GCIDE
- Croupier \Crou"pi*er\ (kr[=oo]"p[i^]*[~e]r), n. [F.; prop., one who sits on the croup, and hence, in the second place; an assistant. See 1st Croup.]
- 1. One who presides at a gaming table and collects the stakes. [1913 Webster]
- 2. One who, at a public dinner party, sits at the lower end of the table as assistant chairman. [1913 Webster]