analyst

[ an-l-ist ]
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noun
  1. a person who analyzes or who is skilled in analysis.

  1. Computers. systems analyst.

Origin of analyst

1
1650–60; <French analyste, equivalent to analyseanalysis + -iste-ist, by haplology from *analysiste

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analyst

/ (ˈænəlɪst) /


noun
  1. a person who analyses or is skilled in analysis

  2. short for psychoanalyst: See psychoanalyst

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