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reckoner|ˈrɛk(ə)nə(r)|
Also 3 rikenare, 5 reknare, 6 reck(e)ner.
[f. reckon v. + -er1.]
1. One who reckons, in senses of the verb.
a1225Ancr. R. 214 Þeos rikenares..þat habbeð muchel uorto rikenen. c1440Promp. Parv. 428/2 Reknare, computator. 1546J. Heywood Prov. (1867) 16 Reckners without their host must recken twyce. 1611Cotgr., Compteur, a reckoner. 1745Warburton Occas. Refl. ii. xiii, Retrospects with bad Reckoners are troublesome Things. 1823Mrs. Hemans Vespers of Palermo v. ii, We shall have Stern reckoners to account with. 1875Whitney Life Lang. ii. 20 Fingers are the most ready and natural of aids to an unready reckoner.
2. An aid to reckoning. (Cf. ready reckoner.)
1827G. Higgins Celtic Druids 7 His fingers would be his first reckoners. |