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cam·bist (kam′bist)

noun

  1. an expert in foreign exchange, as a dealer in bills of exchange
  2. a book that gives the rates of foreign exchange and equivalents of measure, weights, etc.

Etymology: Fr cambiste < It cambista < cambiare, to exchange < LL cambiare < L cambire: see change

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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