analyst (n.)

  1. someone who is skilled at analyzing data

  2. an expert who studies financial data (on credit or securities or sales or financial patterns etc.) and recommends appropriate business actions

  3. a licensed practitioner of psychoanalysis

    [ Syn: psychoanalyst ]

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