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reckoner
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun reckoner has 2 senses
- reckoner(n = noun.person) calculator, computer, estimator, figurer - an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines); Array is a kind of expert
- reckoner(n = noun.communication) ready reckoner - a handbook of tables used to facilitate computation; Array is a kind of enchiridion, handbook, vade mecum
has particulars: adder, number cruncher, actuary, statistician, subtracter
Derived form verb reckon4
CIDE DICTIONARY
reckoner, n.
One who reckons or computes; also, a book of calculations, tables, etc., to assist in reckoning. [1913 Webster]
"Reckoners without their host must reckon twice."
[1913 Webster]
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