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reckoner

  • /ˈɹɛkənə(ɹ)/

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From Middle English reknere, rekenere. Cognate with Afrikaans rekenaar, Dutch Low Saxon rekener, German Rechner, Danish regner, Swedish räknare. By surface analysis, reckon + -er.

noun reckoners

  1. One who reckons. “No. Not quite a month.—It is only four weeks to-morrow since I left Mansfield.” “You are a most accurate and honest reckoner. I should call that a month.”
  2. archaic An accountant; one who computes or calculates.
  3. An ordinator.

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"reckoner." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/reckoner. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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reckoner. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/reckoner

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@misc{reckoner_2026,
  title = {reckoner},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/reckoner},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}