mathleten.
/ˈmaθliːt/, U.S. /ˈmæθ(ə)ˌlit/ Originally and chiefly U.S.
A person who takes part in a mathematics competition, esp. one organized for schoolchildren. Also in extended use.
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1933 Times Recorder (Zanesville, Ohio) 5 June 1/2 Cadel ‘mathletes’ took first, fourth and fifth places [in a recent mathematics contest with Harvard].
1958 Waterloo (Iowa) Daily Courier 25 Mar. 14/2 At the last meeting of the F.S.S.T. (Flying Saucer Spotters of Terra) the following Glossary of Space Age terms was compiled by the members... Physicist, mathlete.
1972 Bucks County Courier Times (Levittown, Pa.) 29 Jan. 4/2 More ditto sheets are distributed, and the mathletes wait for the signal to turn them and begin on the problem.
1995 Guardian 4 May (OnLine section) 1/1 The ‘mathlete’ finalists had seconds to answer questions like the one that actually clinched the gold medal for Reifsnyder.
2000 Sacramento (Calif.) Bee (Nexis) 5 Aug. b1 Her students repeatedly won first place in monthly ‘mathletes’ competition in Sacramento.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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