Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reckonmaster

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: reck-on-mas-ter
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A mathematician or arithmetician.

Example Sentences

"For the common Logist, Reckenmaster, or Arithmeticien, in hys vsing of Numbers: of an Vnit, imagineth lesse partes: and calleth them Fractions."
"The reckonmasters now had the opportunity to consolidate these favorable associations. Despite their novelty, the arithmetics just described could not fill all the needs of wholesale merchants, bankers, and others with extensive commercial activity."
"The old choirboy schools still performed their service for the sons of some artisans and petty traders, and more important, the numbers of vernacular schoolteachers and reckonmasters multiplied."

Etymology

From reckon + master. Compare West Frisian reckenmaster, rekkenmaster (“accountant”), Dutch rekenmeester (“accountant”), German Rechenmeister (“reckoner; arithmetician”).

Inflected Forms

reckonmasters (plural) reckon-master (alternative) reckenmaster (alternative) reckmaster (alternative)

Questions

What does reckonmaster mean?: A mathematician or arithmetician.
Where does reckonmaster come from?: From reckon + master. Compare West Frisian reckenmaster, rekkenmaster (“accountant”), Dutch rekenmeester (“accountant”), German Rechenmeister (“reckoner; arithmetician”).

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