reckoner

Etymology

From Middle English reknere, rekenere, by surface analysis, reckon + -er. Cognate with Afrikaans rekenaar, Dutch Low Saxon rekener, German Rechner, Danish regner, Swedish räknare.

noun

  1. One who reckons.
    middle-aged (-ajd), between youth and old age, variously reckoned to suit the reckoner 1959 [1901], “middle-aged”, in William Geddie, editor, Chambers Twentieth Century Dictionary, revised edition, page 672
    Some experienced New York political reckoners think the real race, in the end, will be between Democrat Richard Ottinger and Mr. Buckley. 1970-07-25, Anthony Lewis, “The Charm of Mr. Buckley”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
  2. (archaic) An accountant; one who computes or calculates.

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