analyst

[an-l-ist] /ˈæn l ɪst/
noun
1.
a person who analyzes or who is skilled in analysis.
2.
a psychoanalyst.
3.
Computers. systems analyst.
Origin
1650-60; < French analyste, equivalent to analyse analysis + -iste -ist, by haplology from *analysiste
Can be confused
analyst, annalist.
British Dictionary definitions for analyst

analyst

/ˈænəlɪst/
noun
1.
a person who analyses or is skilled in analysis
2.
short for psychoanalyst See psychoanalyst
Word Origin and History for analyst
n.

1650s, "mathematician skilled in algebraic geometry," from French analyste "a person who analyzes," from analyser (see analysis). As a short form of psychoanalyst, attested from 1914. Greek analyter meant "a deliverer."

analyst in Medicine

analyst an·a·lyst (ān'ə-lĭst)
n.

  1. One that analyzes.

  2. A licensed practitioner of psychoanalysis.