noun.
One who manages pecuniary or other resources; a manager in general, with reference to means and expenditure or outlay.
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Specifically A careful or prudent manager of pecuniary means; one who practises frugality in expenditure: as, he has the reputation of being an economist; he is a rigid economist.
noun.
One versed in economics, or the science of political economy.
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An officer in some cathedrals of the Church of Ireland who is appointed by the chapter to manage the cathedral fund, to see to the necessary repairs, pay the church officers, etc.