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The Economist(finance)
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Economist, The(encyclopedia)
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armature (iou)



armature noun. LME.
[French from Latin armatura, from armat- pa. ppl stem of armare ARM verb1: see -URE.]
Arms, armour. arch. LME.
fig.: Sir T. Browne Not the armour of Achilles, but the Armature of St. Paul.
Armed troops. LME-M18.
The Art of fighting with armour. LME-E18.
Defensive covering (or occas. offensive apparatus) of animals or plants. E18.
a. A keeper for a magnet. M18.
b. The iron core of an electromagnetic machine together with the windings which carry the induced electromotive force. Also, the moving part of a relay, electric bell, or similar device. M19.
An internal framework to support a sculpture during construction. E20.

economist (iou)



economist noun. Also (earlier) oeconomist. L16.
[from Greek oikonomos: see ECONOMY, -IST.]
A person who manages a household. L16-M19.
A person who attends to the effective use of resources, esp. money; an advocate or practitioner of economy, a thrifty person. E18.
a. [French economiste.] Hist. A member of an 18th-cent. French philosophical school which advocated adherence to a supposed natural order of social institutions. M18.
b. A believer in or advocate of economism. M20.
An expert in or student of Economics. E19.
Phrases: political economist an expert in or student of political economy.