reckoner

English

Etymology

From Middle English reknere, rekenere, by surface analysis, reckon +‎ -er. Cognate with Dutch Low Saxon rekener, German Rechner, Afrikaans rekenaar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛkənə(ɹ)/

Noun

reckoner (plural reckoners)

1. One who reckons.
   • 1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter XLII, in Mansfield Park: […], volume I, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] 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.”

2. (archaic) An accountant; one who computes or calculates.
3. A computer.

   (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

Derived terms

• ready reckoner