reckoner, ready reckoner
(noun) a handbook of tables used to facilitate computation
calculator, reckoner, figurer, estimator, computer
(noun) an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
reckoner (plural reckoners)
One who reckons.
(archaic) An accountant; one who computes or calculates.
A computer (technology).
Source: Wiktionary
Reck"on*er, n.
Definition: One who reckons or computes; also, a book of calculation, tables, etc., to assist in reckoning. Reckoners without their host must reckon twice. Camden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
