reckoner
Pronunciations
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/ˈɹɛkənə(ɹ)/
Noun
One who reckons.
- Examples
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“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
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Some experienced New York political reckoners think the real race, in the end, will be between Democrat Richard Ottinger and Mr. Buckley.
An accountant; one who computes or calculates.
Usage- Archaic
An ordinator.
Noun
an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines)
- Broader terms
a handbook of tables used to facilitate computation
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- Broader terms
Word forms
reckoners