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computist
noun
com·put·ist
\kəmˈpyütə̇st, -ütə̇-; ˈkämpyətə̇-\
Definition of computist
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: one skilled in computing (as dates of the calendar, business accounts, astronomical problems)
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Origin and Etymology of computist
alteration (influenced by compute) of earlier compotist, from Middle English compotiste, from Middle French, from Medieval Latin computista, compotista, from Late Latin computus, compotus + Latin -ista -ist
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