computant

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noun

A person employed to carry out computations.

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Meanings

nouncomputant (plural computants)

plural computants

  1. obsoleteA person employed to carry out computations.

    And for this purpose I would suggest that graduates assigned to the topographical corps should be retained at the Academy at least one year to act as assistants and computants at the observatory […]

    1861, Congressional Serial Set, page 347
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APA

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