number-cruncher

or num·ber crunch·er

[ nuhm-ber-kruhn-cher ]

nounInformal.
  1. a person or thing that performs a great many numerical calculations, as a financial analyst, statistician, computer, or computer program.

Origin of number-cruncher

1
First recorded in 1965–70

Other words from number-cruncher

  • number-crunching, adjective

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