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English
Etymology
From Middle English reknere, rekenere, by surface analysis, reckon + -er. Cognate with Afrikaans rekenaar, Dutch Low Saxon rekener, German Rechner, Danish regner, Swedish räknare.
Pronunciation
Noun
reckoner (plural reckoners)
- One who reckons.
1814 July, [Jane Austen], chapter XLII, in Mansfield Park: , volume I, London: T Egerton, , →OCLC:“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.”
1959 [1901], “middle-aged”, in William Geddie, editor, Chambers Twentieth Century Dictionary, revised edition, page 672:middle-aged (-ajd), between youth and old age, variously reckoned to suit the reckoner
1970 July 25, Anthony Lewis, “The Charm of Mr. Buckley”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:Some experienced New York political reckoners think the real race, in the end, will be between Democrat Richard Ottinger and Mr. Buckley.
- (archaic) An accountant; one who computes or calculates.
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