A person who accounts, reckons, or calculates. Also: one who presents an account (of money, responsibilities, etc.). Cf. accountant, n., counter, n.2…

Originally: one of the four officers of the Exchequer responsible for the receipt and payment of moneys. Later more generally: a person who counts…

= accountant, n.

A keeper of accounts. Obsolete. rare.

A person who professionally prepares, maintains, analyses, or inspects financial accounts, esp. within the context of a business, a bookkeeper…

a man employed in the exchequer; a man who keeps accounts.

A keeper of accounts, an accountant. Obsolete.

An accountant or auditor.

The managing secretary or accountant of a society or public company. Now rare.

One who tallies, or keeps account of, anything; spec. a clerk who tallies or checks a cargo in loading or discharging.

Frequently derogatory. A statistician, accountant, or other person whose job involves dealing with large amounts of numerical data.

An accountant, esp. one who compiles statistical records or accounts; also applied contemptuously to financial planners or statisticians. Hence, a…