"computist" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: computists [plural]
Etymology: compute + -ist Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|compute|ist}} compute + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} computist (plural computists)
  1. One who performs computations. Translations (Translations): computistus [masculine] (Latin), computista [feminine] (Latin), computista (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-computist-en-noun-f6qD5EMQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ist Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ist: 62 38 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 60 40
  2. One who performs computus (calculation of the date of Easter).
    Sense id: en-computist-en-noun-~OZYgLnQ

Inflected forms

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