reckoner

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/ˈɹɛkənə(ɹ)/

noun

One who reckons.

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Meanings

nounreckoner (plural reckoners)

plural reckoners

  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
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    “No. Not quite a month.—It is only four weeks to-morrow since I left Mansfield.” “You are a most accurate and honest reckoner. I should call that a month.”

    1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter XLII, in Mansfield Park: […], volume I, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC

    Some experienced New York political reckoners think the real race, in the end, will be between Democrat Richard Ottinger and Mr. Buckley.

    1970 July 25, Anthony Lewis, “The Charm of Mr. Buckley”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 08 Oct 2022
  2. archaicAn accountant; one who computes or calculates.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounan expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines)

Broader

nouna handbook of tables used to facilitate computation

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishreknere
  2. Englishreckoner

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

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APA

reckoner. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reckoner

MLA

“reckoner.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reckoner. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reckoner,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reckoner.

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