Meaning of Arithmetician | Babel Free

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One with expertise in arithmetic; a mathematician.

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Examples

“[F]or certes, ſayes he, / I haue already choſen my officer, and what was he? / Forſooth, a great Arithmeticion, [...]”

“I haue read⟳ the truest computer of Times, and the best Arithmetician that euer breathed, and he reduceth thy dayes into a short number⟳: The daies of Man are threescore and ten.”

“But I'll tell⟳ you one thing; it's a Question⟳ that would puzzle an Arithmetician, if you ſhould ask⟳ him, whether the Bible ſaves more Souls in Weſtminſter-Abby, or damns more in Weſtminſter-Hall: […]”

“Bonoro. What said he? / Tycho. That he would say⟳ but three words and follow⟳ me. I heard him say⟳ a hundred, and sing⟳ a thousand: Lovers are bad arithmeticians.”

“You talk⟳ of figures, now; you have⟳ only to say⟳ to Stelling, ‘I want⟳ my son to be a thorough arithmetician,’ and you may leave⟳ the rest⟳ to him.”

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