accountant Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun someone who maintains and audits business accounts
    comptroller; controller.

WordNet

Ac*count"ant noun
Etymology
Cf. F. accomptant, OF. acontant, p. pr.
Definitions
  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.
Ac*count"ant adjective
Definitions
  1. Accountable. Obs. Shak.

Webster 1913