analyst

[an-l-ist]

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noun

a person who analyzes or who is skilled in analysis.
a psychoanalyst.
Computers. systems analyst.

Origin of analyst

1650–60; < French analyste, equivalent to analyse analysis + -iste -ist, by haplology from *analysiste

Can be confusedanalyst annalist

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Related Words for analyst

accountant, psychiatrist, investigator, questioner, examiner, guru, inquisitor, therapist, shrink, psychotherapist

Examples from the Web for analyst

Contemporary Examples of analyst

Analyst Drew Crum estimates that revenue won't claw back to 2008 levels until sometime after 2011.
The Most Powerful Woman in Newspapers?
Peter Lauria
May 16, 2010

Historical Examples of analyst

"Tell me where the infection came from, Analyst," he growled.
The Ties That Bind
Walter Miller
But he himself must be the builder, the Analyst only furnishes him with the necessary tools.
Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology
C. G. Jung
The 'Analyst' has completed the fifth year of its existence, and has, we think, continued to grow from the beginning.
British Quarterly Review, American Edition, Vol. LIII
Various

British Dictionary definitions for analyst

analyst

noun

a person who analyses or is skilled in analysis
short for psychoanalystSee psychoanalyst

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Word Origin and History for analyst

1650s, "mathematician skilled in algebraic geometry," from French analyste "a person who analyzes," from analyser (see analysis). As a short form of psychoanalyst, attested from 1914. Greek analyter meant "a deliverer."

analyst in Medicine

analyst

[ăn′ə-lĭst]

One that analyzes.
A psychoanalyst.