cambist

[ kam-bist ]

noun

1. a dealer in bills of exchange.
2. an expert in foreign exchange.
3. a manual giving the moneys, weights, and measures of different countries, with their equivalents.

cambist

/ ˈkæmbɪst /

noun

1. a dealer or expert in foreign exchange
2. a manual of currency exchange rates and similar equivalents of weights and measures

Derived Forms

• ˈcambistry, noun

Other Words From

• cambist·ry noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of cambist¹

1800–10; < French cambiste < Italian cambista. See cambium, -ist

Word History and Origins

Origin of cambist¹

C19: from French cambiste, from Italian cambista, from cambio (money) exchange

Example Sentences

Cambist, kam′bist, n. one skilled in the science of exchange.—ns.

From Project Gutenberg

Warning: if some unforeseen development causes the dollar to take off on one of its occasional brief upward flights, the cambist and his clients will take a bath.

From Time Magazine Archive

Based on his own instinctive answers to these questions, the trader � cambist, to use the international term � must decide within seconds whether to sell tens of millions of dollars for guilders right away.

From Time Magazine Archive

And they can eventually find another cambist to buy.

From Time Magazine Archive

As to books, on this subject, they are in everybody's hand; but, there is one book on the subject of calculations, which I must point out to you; 'THE CAMBIST,' by Dr. KELLY.

From Project Gutenberg