financier

Definition

A person who, as a profession, profits from large financial transactions.

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French financier.

Example Sentences

• "Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. Piling debt onto companies’ balance-sheets is only a small part of what leveraged buy-outs are about, they insist. Improving the workings of the businesses they take over is just as core to their calling, if not more so. Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster."
• "The English financier was obliged to raise new taxes to pay the interest of this immense sum ; the financier of France did no such thing"
• "‘Excuse me, can we order some fresh financiers? I know we haven’t finished our mains yet but we’re in rather a hurry.’"