noun
- a person who analyzes or who is skilled in analysis.
- a psychoanalyst.
- Computers. systems analyst.
noun
- a person who analyses or is skilled in analysis
- short for psychoanalystSee psychoanalyst
1650s, “mathematician skilled in algebraic geometry,” from French analyste “a person who analyzes,” from analyser (see analysis). As a short form of psychoanalyst, attested from 1914. Greek analyter meant “a deliverer.”
n.
- One that analyzes.
- A psychoanalyst.