calculator

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines)
  2. noun a small machine that is used for mathematical calculations

Etymology

In the sense of a person, from Middle English calkelatour (“a mathematician, an astrologer”), borrowed from Latin calculātor, equivalent to calculate + -or. The other meanings arose in Modern English.

In classic literature

Synonyms

reckoner, figurer, estimator, computer

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