arithmetician
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of arithmetician
1550–60; < Middle French arithmeticien; see arithmetic, -ian
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One high school girl rang up to ask how to divide 182 by 9; her listener, no arithmetician, was stumped.
From Time Magazine Archive
There was once a worthy man at Athens who was not only a cranky arithmetician, but also a mystic.
From The Canterbury Puzzles And Other Curious Problems by Henry Ernest Dudeney
He was a natural mathematician, and was the most profound and original arithmetician in the Southwest.
From Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. by W. H. (William Henry) Rhodes
The accident, of which he had read that morning, caused him to put two and two together—making a round dozen, after the custom of his type of arithmetician.
From Shadows of Flames A Novel by Amélie Rives
Considering myself for one moment as an arithmetician, I may say that I know next to nothing about my subject: but I know my subject.
From Eugenics and Other Evils by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
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