cameralist

[ kam-er-uh-list, kam-ruh- ]

noun

1. any of the mercantilist economists or public servants in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries who held that the economic power of a nation can be enhanced by increasing its monetary wealth, as by the accumulation of bullion.

Other Words From

• camer·a·lism noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of cameralist¹

< German Kameralist < New Latin cameralista, equivalent to Medieval Latin camerāl ( is ) ( cameral ) + -ista -ist

Example Sentences

After such men as Morhof and Thomasius had prepared the way,148 Frederick William I., himself a clever cameralist, and author of the masterly financial system of Prussia, took the important step of founding, at Halle and Frankfurt on the Oder, special chairs of economy and cameralistic science; which, considering the time, were very ably filled by Gasser and Dithmar.

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