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reckoner

noun

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Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛkənə(ɹ)/

noun

Etymology: From Middle English reknere, rekenere. Cognate with Afrikaans rekenaar, Dutch Low Saxon rekener, German Rechner, Danish regner, Swedish räknare. By surface analysis, reckon + -er.

  1. One who reckons.

    “No. Not quite a month.—It is only four weeks to-morrow since I left Mansfield.” “You are a most accurate and honest reckoner. I should call that a month.”

    middle-aged (-ajd), between youth and old age, variously reckoned to suit the reckoner

  2. An accountant; one who computes or calculates.
  3. An ordinator.