Meanings
plural figurers
- One who figures or calculates.
With its aid they are quick and nimble figurers. The next digital computer was the adding or calculating machine first completed in 1642 by the French mathematician Blaise Pascal.
1962, The Book of Knowledge: The Children's Encyclopedia, page 1655
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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