/ ɪˈkɒnəmɪst; NAmE ɪˈkɑːn-/ noun
a person who studies or writes about economics
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WORD ORIGIN
late 16th cent. (originally in the Greek sense): from Greek oikonomos household manager, from oikonomia household management, based on oikos house + nemein manage + -ist . The current sense dates from the early 19th cent.