noun
Meaning 1
A person who compiles, interprets, or studies statistics.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
statistician
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
A mathematician with a specialty of statistics.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
someone versed in the collection and interpretation of numerical data (especially someone who uses statistics to calculate insurance premiums)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: actuary
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: calculator, reckoner, figurer, estimator, computer
Narrower terms: surveyor
noun
Meaning 4
a mathematician who specializes in statistics
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mathematical statistician
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mathematician
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English statistic Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English statistician From statistic + -ian.
Across languages
Translations
48 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: վիճակագիր (vičakagir) — person who compiles, interprets, or studies statistics
- Basque: estatistikari — person who compiles, interprets, or studies statistics
- Bulgarian: статистик (statistik) — person who compiles, interprets, or studies statistics
- Catalan: estadístic — person who compiles, interprets, or studies statistics
- Catalan: estadista — person who compiles, interprets, or studies statistics
- Chinese Mandarin: 統計學家 /统计学家 (tǒngjìxuéjiā) — person who compiles, interprets, or studies statistics
- Finnish: tilastoija — person who compiles, interprets, or studies statistics
- Finnish: tilastotieteilijä — person who compiles, interprets, or studies statistics
- French: statisticien — person who compiles, interprets, or studies statistics
- French: statisticienne — person who compiles, interprets, or studies statistics
- Galician: estatístico — person who compiles, interprets, or studies statistics
- German: Statistiker — person who compiles, interprets, or studies statistics
- German: Statistikerin — person who compiles, interprets, or studies statistics
- Indonesian: statistisi — person who compiles, interprets, or studies statistics
- Indonesian: ahli statistik — person who compiles, interprets, or studies statistics
- Indonesian: statistikawan — person who compiles, interprets, or studies statistics
- Italian: statistico — person who compiles, interprets, or studies statistics
- Japanese: 統計学者 (tōkeigakusha) — person who compiles, interprets, or studies statistics
- Macedonian: стати́стичар (statístičar) — person who compiles, interprets, or studies statistics
- Occitan: estatistician — person who compiles, interprets, or studies statistics
- Persian: آمارگر (âmârgar) — person who compiles, interprets, or studies statistics
- Polish: statystyk — person who compiles, interprets, or studies statistics
- Portuguese: estatístico — person who compiles, interprets, or studies statistics
- Romanian: statistician — person who compiles, interprets, or studies statistics
- Romanian: statisticiană — person who compiles, interprets, or studies statistics
- Russian: стати́стик (statístik) — person who compiles, interprets, or studies statistics
- Sicilian: statìsticu — person who compiles, interprets, or studies statistics
- Spanish: estadístico — person who compiles, interprets, or studies statistics
- Spanish: estadígrafo — person who compiles, interprets, or studies statistics
- Swedish: statistiker — person who compiles, interprets, or studies statistics
- Tagalog: estadistiko — person who compiles, interprets, or studies statistics
- Basque: estatistikari — mathematician specialized in statistics
- Czech: statistik — mathematician specialized in statistics
- Finnish: tilastotieteilijä — mathematician specialized in statistics
- Finnish: tilastomatemaatikko — mathematician specialized in statistics
- Galician: estatístico — mathematician specialized in statistics
- German: Statistiker — mathematician specialized in statistics
- Indonesian: statistisi — mathematician specialized in statistics
- Indonesian: ahli statistik — mathematician specialized in statistics
- Indonesian: statistikawan — mathematician specialized in statistics
- Italian: statistico — mathematician specialized in statistics
- Macedonian: стати́стичар (statístičar) — mathematician specialized in statistics
- Malay: perangkawan — mathematician specialized in statistics
- Portuguese: estatístico — mathematician specialized in statistics
- Romanian: statistician — mathematician specialized in statistics
- Romanian: statisticiană — mathematician specialized in statistics
- Sicilian: statìsticu — mathematician specialized in statistics
- Swedish: statistiker — mathematician specialized in statistics
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