abacist

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English

An abacist (right).

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

abacist (plural abacists)

  1. One who uses an abacus in casting accounts; a calculator. [1]

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References

  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.