financier

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. One who is occupied with or expert in large-scale financial affairs.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. An officer who is intrusted with the control of financial interests; one who regulates or manages the public revenues.
2. n. One skilled in financial operations, whether public, corporate, or individual; one who understands money matters.
3. n. In France, formerly, a receiver or farmer of the public revenues.
4. To conduct financial operations; act as a financier; finance; in a derogatory sense, to engage in financial scheming or irregular pecuniary transactions.
5. To act as financier for; manage or contrive ways and means for; finance.

Wiktionary

1. n. A person who, as a profession, profits from large financial transactions.
2. n. A company that does the same.
3. n. A light, spongy teacake, usually based on almond flour or flavoring.
4. n. A traditional French (Ragoût a la Financière) or Piemontese (Finanziera alla piemontese) rich sauce or ragout, made with coxcomb, wattles, cock's testicles, chicken livers and a variety of other ingredients.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. One charged with the administration of finance; an officer who administers the public revenue; a treasurer.
2. n. One skilled in financial operations; one acquainted with money matters.
3. v. To conduct financial operations.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. conduct financial operations, often in an unethical manner
2. n. a person skilled in large scale financial transactions