Definition of "croupier" [crou•pi•er]

• An attendant at a gaming table who collects and pays bets. (noun)

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• "“Table closed!” called the croupier, and instantly the little ball began to spin."
• "The croupier was a little wizened man wanted on Earth."
• "The croupier was a man with a pointed moustache and an air of having seen all the sorrow and wickedness that there had ever been in the world."