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analyst (n.)

1650s, "one versed in algebraic analysis, mathematician skilled in algebraic geometry," from French analyste "a person who analyzes," from analyser, from analyse "analysis," from Medieval Latin analysis (see analysis). As a short form of psychoanalyst, attested from 1914; the one analyzed is an analysand (1933). Greek analyter meant "a deliverer."

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Definitions of analyst from WordNet

analyst (n.)
someone who is skilled at analyzing data;
analyst (n.)
an expert who studies financial data (on credit or securities or sales or financial patterns etc.) and recommends appropriate business actions;
analyst (n.)
a licensed practitioner of psychoanalysis;
Synonyms: psychoanalyst
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