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cambist|ˈkæmbɪst|
[a. F. cambiste, f. L. cambium, It. cambio exchange. (So Sp. cambista.)]
1. One who is skilled in the science or practice of exchanges; one who deals in bills of exchange.
1809R. Langford Introd. Trade 130 Cambist, one well versed in the knowledge of exchanges, a trafficker in bills. 1861Goschen For. Exch. 99 These speculators in exchange, or cambists, as they are technically called.
2. transf. As title of a manual of foreign exchanges.
1811P. Kelly (title) The Universal Cambist, and Commercial Instructor. 1882Nature XXVI. 55 The book is so far a cambist or dictionary of weights and measures. |