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Webster 1913 Edition
Croupier
Crou′pi-er
(kroō′pĭ-ẽr)
, Noun.
[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.
2.
One who, at a public dinner party, sits at the lower end of the table as assistant chairman.