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abacist

English edit

 
An abacist (right).

Etymology edit

From Middle English, from Medieval Latin abacista, from abacus + -ista (“-ist”).

Pronunciation edit

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈæb.ə.sɪst/, /ˈæb.ə.səst/, /ˈæb.ə.kəst/, /ə.ˈbæ.kəst/, rarely IPA(key): /əˈbɑ.kəst/
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Noun edit

abacist (plural abacists)

  1. One who uses an abacus in casting accounts; a calculator. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).][1]

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References edit

  1. ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abacist”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 2.
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