What does reckonmaster mean?
Reckonmaster means (rare, now historical) A mathematician or arithmetician..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(rare, now historical) A mathematician or arithmetician..
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.
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Reckonmaster means (rare, now historical) A mathematician or arithmetician..
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For the common Logist, Reckenmaster, or Arithmeticien, in hys vsing of Numbers: of an Vnit, imagineth lesse partes: and calleth them Fractions.
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