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cameralist

[ kam-er-uh-list, kam-ruh- ]
/ ˈkæm ər ə lɪst, ˈkæm rə- /

noun

any of the mercantilist economists or public servants in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries who held that the economic power of a nation can be enhanced by increasing its monetary wealth, as by the accumulation of bullion.

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Origin of cameralist

<German Kameralist<New Latin cameralista, equivalent to Medieval Latin camerāl(is) (see cameral) + -ista-ist

OTHER WORDS FROM cameralist

cam·er·a·lism, noun

Words nearby cameralist

cameo, cameo glass, cameo ware, camera, cameral, cameralist, cameralistic, camera lucida, cameraman, camera obscura, cameraperson
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