arithmetician

[ uh-rith-mi-tish-uhn, ar-ith- ]

noun

1. an expert in arithmetic.

Word History and Origins

Origin of arithmetician¹

1550–60; < Middle French arithmeticien; arithmetic, -ian

Example Sentences

In Shakespeare’s Othello, Iago is furious to find Michael Cassio, ‘a great arithmetician’, whose knowledge of warfare is all book-learning, has been promoted ahead of him.

From Literature

It is arguably a more instructive puzzle for budding computer scientists than it is for budding arithmeticians.

From The Guardian

Of Carlile’s family, I can gather little beyond this, that his father had some reputation as an arithmetician.

From Project Gutenberg

He is well up in logarithms, and a capital arithmetician, I won’t say mathematician, though he knows something of mathematics as well.

From Project Gutenberg

You are a clever arithmetician, mamma; you do your sums and get your totals nicely.

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