computantn.

Brit.

/kəmˈpjuːt(ə)nt/,

/ˈkɒmpjᵿt(ə)nt/, U.S.

/kəmˈpjud(ə)nt/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin computant-, computans.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin computant-, computans accountant, person who renders account (frequently from mid 14th cent. in British sources), use as noun of classical Latin computant- , computāns , present participle of computāre compute v. Compare slightly earlier computer n.

Now rare.

A person who calculates or reckons something. Cf. computer n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > [noun] > one who works with numbers

accountera1400

arithmetician1557

reckonmaster1570

computator1591

summer1598

computer1613

counter-castera1616

computant1621

accountant1622

logistic1633

numerist1646

cipherera1648

arithmetic1652

computor1669

figure-caster1831

cruncher1971

the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > [noun] > one who counts, reckons, or calculates

reckoner?c1225

counterc1369

calculatorc1380

calculerc1400

teller1434

logist1570

count-caster1573

account caster1580

caster1598

computatist1611

computant1621

accountant1622

computor1669

digitizer1767

enumerator1856

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy Democritus to Rdr. 64 Like so many casting counters now of gold, to morrow of siluer, that vary in worth as the computant will, now they stand for vnits, to morrow for thousands.

1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Computant, an Accountant.

1734 J. Kirkby tr. I. Barrow Usefulness Math. Learning xv. 281 Any Time however short may be divided into any Number of minute Parts according to the Will of the Computant.

1827 T. Carlyle tr. J. A. Musæus in German Romance I. 169 Any man endowed with the arithmetical faculty of a tapster, might have solved this problem without difficulty, yet, for an untaught computant, the gift of divination was essential.

1935 W. S. Churchill Speech 4 Apr. (1974) VI. 5576 As to the measure of gratitude they will owe to the Noble Lord they must be the computants.

1948 J. M. Moore Life & I v. 55 I was appointed a computant for the astronomer, Dr. W. L. Elkin, in the Yale Astronomical Observatory.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	computant
释义	computantn. Brit. /kəmˈpjuːt(ə)nt/, /ˈkɒmpjᵿt(ə)nt/, U.S. /kəmˈpjud(ə)nt/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin computant-, computans. Etymology: < post-classical Latin computant-, computans accountant, person who renders account (frequently from mid 14th cent. in British sources), use as noun of classical Latin computant- , computāns , present participle of computāre compute v. Compare slightly earlier computer n. Now rare. A person who calculates or reckons something. Cf. computer n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > [noun] > one who works with numbers accountera1400 arithmetician1557 reckonmaster1570 computator1591 summer1598 computer1613 counter-castera1616 computant1621 accountant1622 logistic1633 numerist1646 cipherera1648 arithmetic1652 computor1669 figure-caster1831 cruncher1971 the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > [noun] > one who counts, reckons, or calculates reckoner?c1225 counterc1369 calculatorc1380 calculerc1400 teller1434 logist1570 count-caster1573 account caster1580 caster1598 computatist1611 computant1621 accountant1622 computor1669 digitizer1767 enumerator1856 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy Democritus to Rdr. 64 Like so many casting counters now of gold, to morrow of siluer, that vary in worth as the computant will, now they stand for vnits, to morrow for thousands. 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Computant, an Accountant. 1734 J. Kirkby tr. I. Barrow Usefulness Math. Learning xv. 281 Any Time however short may be divided into any Number of minute Parts according to the Will of the Computant. 1827 T. Carlyle tr. J. A. Musæus in German Romance I. 169 Any man endowed with the arithmetical faculty of a tapster, might have solved this problem without difficulty, yet, for an untaught computant, the gift of divination was essential. 1935 W. S. Churchill Speech 4 Apr. (1974) VI. 5576 As to the measure of gratitude they will owe to the Noble Lord they must be the computants. 1948 J. M. Moore Life & I v. 55 I was appointed a computant for the astronomer, Dr. W. L. Elkin, in the Yale Astronomical Observatory. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1621
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