analyst

analyst
analyst (n.) 1650s, "mathematician skilled in algebraic geometry," from Fr. analyste "a person who analyzes," from analyser (see ANALYSIS (Cf. analysis)). As a short form of psychoanalyst, attested from 1914. Gk. analyter meant "a deliverer."

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