[Agent-n. from TABULATE v.: see -OR.] One who tabulates, or draws up a table or scheme. b. A machine or apparatus for this purpose; also, an attachment to a typewriter for typing columns of figures.
1885. Athenæum, 14 Nov., 639/3. This … means a corresponding increase in the work of the tabulators.
1892. Daily News, 6 June, 5/5. It is these cards that are passed through the electrical tabulator, which, by ingenious contrivances, records the answers on a number of dials.
1901. Phonetic Jrnl., 28 Sept., 611/1. Mr. F. P. Gorin, inventor of the tabulator bearing his name.
