abacist
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English abaciste, from Medieval Latin abacista, from abacus + -ista (“-ist”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈæb.ə.sɪst/, /ˈæb.ə.səst/, /ˈæb.ə.kəst/, /əˈbæ.kəst/, rarely IPA(key): /əˈbɑ.kəst/
Audio (US): (file)
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.