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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Teller \Tell"er\, noun
1. One who tells, relates, or communicates; an informer, narrator, or describer.
2. One of four officers of the English Exchequer, formerly appointed to receive moneys due to the king and to pay moneys payable by the king. --Cowell.
3. An employee of a bank who receives money paid in, and pays money out, and makes records of such transactions. [1913 Webster +PJC]
4. One who is appointed to count the votes given in a legislative body, public meeting, assembly, etc.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
Teller
noun
1: United States physicist (born in Hungary) who worked on the first atom bombs and the first hydrogen bomb (born in 1908) [syn: {Edward Teller}]
2: an official appointed to count the votes (especially in legislative assembly) [syn: {vote counter}]
3: an employee of a bank who receives and pays out money [syn: {cashier}, {bank clerk}]
4: someone who tells a story [syn: {narrator}, {storyteller}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
50 Moby Thesaurus words for "teller": adviser, announcer, annunciator, authority, bank clerk, bank manager, bank officer, bank president, banker, banking executive, bill broker, cambist, cashier, channel, communicant, communicator, discounter, enlightener, expert witness, gossipmonger, grapevine, informant, information center, information medium, informer, interviewee, investment banker, loan officer, money broker, money changer, money dealer, moneylender, moneymonger, monitor, mouthpiece, newsmonger, note broker, notifier, press, public relations officer, publisher, radio, reporter, source, spokesman, television, tipster, tout, trust officer, witness
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Teller, AK (city, FIPS 75930) Location: 65.25605 N, 166.36303 W Population (1990): 151 (64 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 99778
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Teller, AK -- U.S. city in Alaska Population (2000): 268 Housing Units (2000): 87 Land area (2000): 1.915281 sq. miles (4.960556 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.192732 sq. miles (0.499174 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.108013 sq. miles (5.459730 sq. km) FIPS code: 75930 Located within: Alaska (AK), FIPS 02 Location: 65.257294 N, 166.353807 W ZIP Codes (1990): 99778 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Teller, AK Teller
From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:
Teller -- U.S. County in Colorado Population (2000): 20555 Housing Units (2000): 10362 Land area (2000): 557.062542 sq. miles (1442.785299 sq. km) Water area (2000): 1.892872 sq. miles (4.902515 sq. km) Total area (2000): 558.955414 sq. miles (1447.687814 sq. km) Located within: Colorado (CO), FIPS 08 Location: 38.912363 N, 105.156719 W Headwords: Teller Teller, CO Teller County Teller County, CO
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