croupier Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun someone who collects and pays bets at a gaming table

WordNet

Crou"pi*er noun
Etymology
F.; prop., one who sits on the croup, and hence, in the second place; an assistant. See 1st Croup.
Definitions
  1. One who presides at a gaming table and collects the stakes.
  2. One who, at a public dinner party, sits at the lower end of the table as assistant chairman.

Webster 1913