abacist
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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]
From Middle English, from Medieval Latin abacista, from abacus + -ista (“-ist”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈæb.ə.sɪst/, /ˈæb.ə.səst/, /ˈæb.ə.kəst/, /ə.ˈbæ.kəst/, rarely IPA(key): /əˈbɑ.kəst/
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Noun[edit]
abacist (plural abacists)
- One who uses an abacus in casting accounts; a calculator. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).][1]
Antonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
One who uses an abacus.
References[edit]
- ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abacist”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 2.