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arithmetician|əˌrɪθmɪˈtɪʃən, ˌærɪθ-|
Also 6 -trician, 7 -titian.
[a. F. arithméticien (15th c. in Littré), f. L. arithmētica: see arithmetic n.1 and -ician.]
One who works out arithmetical problems; a proficient in the science of numbers.
1557Recorde Whetstone Lij, To proue the cunnyng of a braggyng Arithmetician. 1571Digges Geom. Pract. iv. xxii. Dd ij b, The skilfull Arithmetrician. 1608T. James Apol. Wyclif 74 You may know them to bee cunning Arithmetitians. 1792A. Young Trav. France 464 Useful data for political arithmeticians. 1869Lubbock Preh. Times xiv. 502 They are such bad arithmeticians that the enumeration of ten is a labour..with many of them. |