n. A person responsible for keeping records or documents, such as of a business.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. One who keeps accounts; one who has the charge of keeping the books and accounts in an office.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. One who keeps accounts; one whose occupation is to make a formal balanced record of pecuniary transactions in account-books.
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n. someone who records the transactions of a business
Word Usage
"Certainly -- we joke about the "border upgrade," where someone who was a bookkeeper is now an accountant, and the head of accounting at a small company is now Chief Financial Officer of a much bigger company, and the AA degree becomes a BA or MBA."