Antedating of "Computer"

[Fred Shapiro]

I have previously antedated "computer" in its modern (machine) sense.
Here is an antedating of the original sense (person who computes).


computer (OED 1646)

1614 R. B. _The yong mans gleanings_ 1 (Early English Books Online)  I
haue read the truest computer of Times, and the best Arithmetician that
euer breathed.


Fred Shapiro


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