Cambist

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cambist \Cam"bist\, n. [F. cambiste, It. cambista, fr. L.
     cambire to exchange. See {Change}.]
     A banker; a money changer or broker; one who deals in bills
     of exchange, or who is skilled in the science of exchange.
     [1913 Webster]



From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  CAMBIST. A person skilled in exchange; one who deals or trades in promissory 
  notes or bills of exchange.