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cameralist
[ kam-er-uh-list, kam-ruh- ]
noun
- any of the mercantilist economists or public servants in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries who held that the economic power of a nation can be enhanced by increasing its monetary wealth, as by the accumulation of bullion.
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- camer·a·lism noun
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Origin of cameralist1
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