quant

quant [kwahnt] ExamplesWord Origin See more synonyms for quant on Thesaurus.com noun

1. Business Slang. an expert in quantitative analysis.

Origin of quant An Americanism dating back to 1985–90; by clipping Quant [kwahnt] noun

1. Mary,born 1934, English fashion designer and entrepreneur.

Related Words for quant lecturer, assistant, fellow, tutor, educator, instructor, teacher, principal, pundit, sage, egghead, savant, brain, pedagogue, prof, quant Examples from the Web for quant Contemporary Examples of quant

In late 2007 the bank decided that what it needed was a numbers guy—a quant.

Citi’s Parade of CEOs

Daniel Gross

October 22, 2012

Historical Examples of quant

You will remember that on the east of the Bullecourt front was the Quant Salient.

A Company of Tanks

W. H. L. Watson

“Tell Riley to be on hand Monday,” he said to Mrs. Quant that evening.

The Business of Life

Robert W. Chambers

Sez I, ‘Quant, you lay right down, and don’t you stir a inch!

The Business of Life

Robert W. Chambers

Quant moi, I always adopt the religion of the country I am in.

Napoleon’s Young Neighbor

Helen Leah Reed

Quant au reste, qu’on n’innoueroit rien, ains leur accoustume ils receuroyent la distribution quotidienne l’egal des autres.

The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. III: Acadia, 1611-1616

Various

British Dictionary definitions for quant quant 1 noun

1. a long pole for propelling a boat, esp a punt, by pushing on the bottom of a river or lake

verb

2. to propel (a boat) with a quant

Word Origin for quant C15: probably from Latin contus a pole, from Greek kontos quant 2 noun

1. informal a highly paid computer specialist with a degree in a quantitative science, employed by a financial house to predict the future price movements of securities, commodities, currencies, etc

Word Origin for quant C20: from quantitative Quant noun

1. Mary. born 1934, British fashion designer, whose Chelsea Look of miniskirts and geometrically patterned fabrics dominated London fashion in the 1960s