arithmetician

American  

[uh-rith-mi-tish-uhn, ar-ith-] / əˌrɪθ mɪˈtɪʃ ən, ˌær ɪθ- /

noun

1. an expert in arithmetic.

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Etymology

Origin of arithmetician

1550–60; < Middle French arithmeticien; see arithmetic, -ian

Example Sentences

One high school girl rang up to ask how to divide 182 by 9; her listener, no arithmetician, was stumped.

From Time Magazine Archive

“The boy may be a good arithmetician, but he knows nothing of London life,” he muttered to himself.

From Owen Hartley; or, Ups and Downs A Tale of Land and Sea by Kingston, William Henry Giles

The news from Palermo may be said to have converted him from an arithmetician into an astronomer.

From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Clerke, Agnes M. (Agnes Mary)

The late Bishop Colenso, famous for his disputations on the Old Testament and also as an arithmetician, was greatly beloved among the Zulus.

From Yankee Girls in Zulu Land by Vescelius-Sheldon, Louise

You have to be somewhat of an arithmetician to think one week in piastres and the next in dinars, and the next in crowns, and the next in marks.

From Europe—Whither Bound? Being Letters of Travel from the Capitals of Europe in the Year 1921 by Graham, Stephen