Definition for CASH-IER'

CASH-IER', v.t. [Fr. casser, to break; It. cassare, to annul, blot out, erase.]

  1. To dismiss from an office or place of trust, by annulling the commission; to break, as for mal-conduct, and therefore with reproach; as, to cashier an officer of the army.
  2. To dismiss or discard from service or from society. – Addison. Dryden. Swift.
  3. To reject; to annul or vacate. – Locke. South.

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