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[syn: astrologer, astrologist]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Astrologer \As*trol"o*ger\, n. [See Astrology.]
1. One who studies the stars; an astronomer. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
2. One who practices astrology; one who professes to foretell
events by the aspects and situation of the stars.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
astrologer
n 1: someone who predicts the future by the positions of the
planets and sun and Moon [syn: astrologer, astrologist]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
41 Moby Thesaurus words for "astrologer":
Cassandra, Chaldean, Druid, astroalchemist, astrologian,
astromancer, augur, calamity howler, crystal gazer, divinator,
diviner, divineress, forecaster, foreknower, foreseer, foreshower,
foreteller, fortuneteller, genethliac, geomancer, haruspex,
horoscoper, horoscopist, palmist, predictor, prefigurer, presager,
prognosticator, prophesier, prophet, prophet of doom, prophetess,
psychic, pythoness, religious prophets, seer, seeress, soothsayer,
stargazer, vates, weather prophet
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary:
Astrologer
(Dan. 1:20; 2:2, 10, 27, etc.) Heb. 'ashshaph', an enchanter,
one who professes to divine future events by the appearance of
the stars. This science flourished among the Chaldeans. It was
positively forbidden to the Jews (Deut. 4:19; 18:10; Isa.
47:13).