ACCOUNT'ANT, noun One skilled in mercantile accounts; more generally, a person who keeps accounts; an officer in a public office who has charge of the accounts. In Great Britain, an officer in the court of chancery, who receives money and pays it to the bank, is call accountant-general.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.