reckoner

noun

reck·​on·​er

-k(ə)nə(r)

plural -s

1

: one that reckons

2

: an aid to reckoning

especially : a book of tables

called also ready reckoner

Word History

Etymology

Middle English rikenere, from rikenen to reckon + -ere -er

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