book-keeper
(ˈbʊkkiːpə(r))
1. A person who keeps the accounts of a mercantile concern, public office, etc.
| 1555 Act 2–3 Phil. & M. vii. §4 The parties to the bargaine..shall come to the open place appointed for the toll taker, or for the booke keeper..and there enter..their names..in the toll takers book. 1842 Dickens Amer. Notes (1850) 109/2 Melancholy ghosts of departed book-keepers, who had fallen dead at the desk. |
2. One who hoards books; a book-miser. rare.
| 1884 Harper's Mag. Nov. 828/1 The old-fashioned book-keeper, who fears his precious books will be hurt by using. |