Definitions for reckoner
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
reck•onˈrɛk ən(v.t.)
to count, compute, or calculate, as in number or amount.
to esteem or consider; regard as; deem:
to be reckoned an authority.
Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. to think or suppose.
Category: Dialect
(v.i.)to count; make a computation or calculation.
to settle accounts, as with a person (often fol. by up).
to count, depend, or rely (usu. fol. by on or upon).
Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. to think or suppose.
Category: Dialect
reckon with, to consider, deal with, or anticipate.
Category: Verb Phrase
reckon without, to fail to consider, deal with, or anticipate.
Category: Verb Phrase
Origin of reckon:
bef. 1000; ME rekenen, OE gerecenian to report, pay; c. G rechnen to compute
reck′on•er(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
calculator, reckoner, figurer, estimator, computer(noun)
an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines)
reckoner, ready reckoner(noun)
a handbook of tables used to facilitate computation
Wiktionary
reckoner(Noun)
One who reckons.
reckoner(Noun)
An accountant.
Webster Dictionary
Reckoner(noun)
one who reckons or computes; also, a book of calculations, tables, etc., to assist in reckoning
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