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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Accountant \Ac*count"ant\, n. [Cf. F. accomptant, OF acontant
p. pr.]
1. One who renders account; one accountable.
2. A reckoner.
3. One who is skilled in keeps, or adjusts, accounts; an
officer in a public office, who has charge of the
accounts.
{Accountatn general}, the head or superintending accountant
in certain public offices. Also formerly, an officer in
the English court of chancery who received the moneys paid
into the court, and deposited them in the Bank of England.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Accountant \Ac*count"ant\, a.
Accountable. [Obs.] --Shak.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
accountant
n : someone who maintains and audits business accounts [syn: {comptroller},
{controller}]
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