cameralist

[kam-er-uh-list, kam-ruh-]

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.

Origin of cameralist

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

Related formscam·er·a·lism, noun