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reckonmaster

reckonmaster noun: a mathematician or arithmetician.

Noun

reckonmaster (plural reckonmasters)

  1. (historical, rare) A mathematician or arithmetician.
    • For the common Logist, Reckenmaster, or Arithmeticien, in hys vsing of Numbers: of an Vnit, imagineth lesse partes: and calleth them Fractions.1570, John Dee, in H. Billingsley (trans.) Euclid, Elements of Geometry, Preface
    • The reckonmasters now had the opportunity to consolidate these favorable associations. Despite their novelty, the arithmetics just described could not fill all the needs of wholesale merchants, bankers, and others with extensive commercial activity.1960, Journal of the History of Ideas, volume 21

Forms of reckonmaster

pluralreckonmasters
alternative formreckon-master
alternative formreckenmaster
alternative formreckmaster

Origin of reckonmaster

From reckon + master. Compare West Frisian reckenmaster, rekkenmaster (“accountant”), Dutch rekenmeester (“accountant”), German Rechenmeister (“reckoner; arithmetician”).

Questions about reckonmaster

What does reckonmaster mean?
Reckonmaster means a mathematician or arithmetician.
What part of speech is reckonmaster?
Reckonmaster is a noun.
What is the plural of reckonmaster?
The plural of reckonmaster is reckonmasters.

Words near reckonmaster in the dictionary

  1. reckoning with
  2. reckoning without
  3. reckoning without one's host
  4. reckonings
  5. reckonize
  6. reckonmaster
  7. reckonmasters
  8. reckons
  9. reckons for
  10. reckons on
  11. reckons out

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