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reckoner

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Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
16
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈɹɛkənə(ɹ)/

Definition of reckoner

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  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.””
    “middle-aged (-ajd), between youth and old age, variously reckoned to suit the reckoner”
    “Some experienced New York political reckoners think the real race, in the end, will be between Democrat Richard Ottinger and Mr. Buckley.”
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noun

  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.””
    “middle-aged (-ajd), between youth and old age, variously reckoned to suit the reckoner”
    “Some experienced New York political reckoners think the real race, in the end, will be between Democrat Richard Ottinger and Mr. Buckley.”
  2. (archaic)An accountant; one who computes or calculates.
  3. An ordinator.

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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.

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