reckoner
noun/ˈɹɛkənə(ɹ)/
Etymology From Middle English reknere, rekenere. Cognate with Afrikaans rekenaar, Dutch Low Saxon rekener, German Rechner, Danish regner, Swedish räknare. By surface analysis, reckon + -er.
1
One who reckons.
- “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.”1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter XLII, in Mansfield Park: […], volume I, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC:
- middle-aged (-ajd), between youth and old age, variously reckoned to suit the reckoner1959 [1901], “middle-aged”, in William Geddie, editor, Chambers Twentieth Century Dictionary, revised edition, page 672:
1 more example
- Some experienced New York political reckoners think the real race, in the end, will be between Democrat Richard Ottinger and Mr. Buckley.1970 July 25, Anthony Lewis, “The Charm of Mr. Buckley”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
2
Archaic An accountant; one who computes or calculates.
3
An ordinator.
- Derived terms
- ready reckoner, stepped reckoner