[f. STATISTIC + -IAN; cf. F. statisticien.] One versed in or engaged in collecting and tabulating statistics.

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1825.  McCulloch, Pol. Econ. I. 59. The object of the statistician is to describe the condition of a particular country at a particular period.

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1879.  Cassell’s Techn. Educ., IV. 355/1. The domestic consumption has been estimated by statisticians, at twenty-two pounds per head.

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  Hence Statisticianly adv., in the manner of a statistician.

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1882.  Blackw. Mag., Nov., 630/2. The vulgar criticism which concerns itself maliciously, not statisticianly,… with the question of feminine taille.

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